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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The change in direction of a wave when it encounters and obstacle or edge | Diffraction |
| The bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another at an angle | Refraction |
| a pattern of vibration that resembles a stationary wave | standing wave |
| the bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary | reflection |
| interference that increase amplitude | constructive interference |
| interference that decreases amplitude | destructive interference |
| method of adding crests and troughs of interfering waves together to describe a new wave | Principle of superposition |
| sounds produced by the interference of sound waves that are used to tune piano strings | Beats |
| the combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave | Interference |
| points in a standing wave that have no vibration due to destructive interference | nodes |
| a type of energy made by vibrations | sound |
| how quick the sound waves travels | pitch |
| sound waves with frequency below what humans can hear | infrasonic |
| sound waves with frequency higher then what humans can hear | ultrasonic |
| the increase or decrease in the frequency of sound light or other waves as the source moves away from the observer | Doppler effect |
| the total effect of sound in a enclosed space | acoustics |