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Sound Waves
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diffraction | The change in direction of a wave when it encounters an obstacle |
| Refraction | the bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another at an angle |
| Standing wave | a pattern of vibration that resembles a stationary wave |
| Reflection | the bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary |
| Constructive Interference | interference that increases the amplitude |
| Destructive Interference | interference that decreases the amplitude |
| Principle of Superposition | method of adding crests and troughs of interfering waves together to describe a new wave |
| Beats | sound produced by the interference of sound waves that are used to tune piano strings |
| Interference | the combination of two or more waves that result into a single wave |
| Nodes | point in a standing wave that has no vibration due to destructive interference |
| Sound | produced when a matter vibrates |
| Pitch | depends on the frequency of the wave |
| Infrasonic | sound below human hearing |
| Ultrasonic | sound above human hearing |
| Doppler effect | effect in the change in frequency/pitch of a sound wave |
| Acoustics | science of sound |