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Sound Study Guide

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water   Sound travels better in ___ than in air.  
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vacuum   Sound cannot travel in a ___ (outer space).  
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True   True or false: Sound travels faster along a solid instead of a liquid because the matter is denser.  
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echolocation   Sounds animals use to help them locate objects, such as bats and dolphins. These sounds cannot be heard by humans because of the high frequencies animals use.  
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crest   highest point of a sound wave  
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trough   lowest point of a sound wave  
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the distance from crest to crest   How are wavelengths measured?  
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vibrations   back and forth movements of matter  
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frequency   the number of a times a sound source vibrates in one second  
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lower   the lower the frequency, the ___ the pitch.  
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softer   the further away you are from the sound source, the ___ the sound becomes.  
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shortest   On stringed instruments, the highest frequencies are made by the ___ strings.  
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longest   On stringed instruments, the lowest frequencies are made by the ___ strings.  
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speed of sound   The ____ through a solid, liquid, or gas depends on how close the molecules are to each other in the material.  
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