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Lessons 1-5 questions and answers

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What is sound?   A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave.  
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How do sound waves travel?   As a longitudinal wave.  
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Can sound waves diffract?   Yes.  
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What factors affect the speed of sound?   Temperature, stiffness, and density.  
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Does a sound wave travel slower or faster in a lower temperature.   Slower.  
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Does a sound wave travel faster in a stiffer medium?   Yes.  
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Which are stiffer, solids, liquids, or gases?   Solids.  
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Does sound travel faster in in a denser material?   No.  
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What affects pitch?   The frequency of the sound wave.  
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What is frequency measured in?   Hertz (Hz).  
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What affects loudness?   The energy and intensity of the sound wave.  
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When the amplitude is faster what happens?   The more energy it has.  
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What does a sound do as it moves away from its source.   The intensity weakens and it spreads out.  
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What is loudness measured in?   Decibels (dB).  
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What causes the Doppler effect?   The motion of the source causes the waves to either get closer together or spread out.  
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People behind the firetruck hear a (lower/higher) pitch than the firefighters in the truck hear.   Lower.  
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People standing in front of the firetruck here (lower/higher) pitch than the firefighters in the truck hear.   Higher.  
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What determines sound quality?   The blending of a fundamental tone with its overtones.  
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What is the lowest natural frequency called?   The fundamental tone.  
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What is the highest natural frequency called?   The overtone.  
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What happens when you shorten a string or air column?   The pitch gets higher.  
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What are the three groups of musical instruments?   Stringed, percussion, and wind.  
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How do your ears work?   It gathers sound waves and sends information about the sound to your brain.  
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What does the outer ear do?   It collects sound waves and directs them into the ear canal.  
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What does the middle ear do?   It contains the hammer, anvil, and stirrup.  
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What does the inner ear do?   It contains the cochlea, which sends messages to the brain about sounds felt by the hair cells in the cochlea.  
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What are the main causes of hearing loss?   The eardrum being punctured or damaged, extended exposure to loud sounds, and hair cells in the cochlea dying and not growing back.  
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Which animals use echolocation?   Dolphins and bats.  
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How do people use ultrasound technology?   Observing things they can't see directly.  
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Distance =   Speed of sound x Time  
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What device makes sonograms?   An ultrasound imaging device.  
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