Quick Check - 8.PS4.2 - Waves and the Medium

What state of matter allows sound to travel the slowest?

• Solid
• Liquid 
• Gas
• Doesn't Matter

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Which medium will transmit sound the fastest?

• ocean water
• solid iron
• perfumed air
• a sponge

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Sound is able to travel faster in solids than in air because the molecules in a solid are

• closer together than air molecules
• more easily moved than air molecules
• moving faster than air molecules moving faster than air molecules
• larger than air molecules

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A mechanical wave cannot travel through...

• a vacuum(empty space).
• water.
• air. 
• glass.

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What is a medium?

• something between a small and a large?
• the substance through which a wave can travel
• a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
• the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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If a sound wave (mechanical wave) travelled from a solid to a liquid, what would happen to the speed of the sound wave?

• It will travel faster.

• It will travel slower.

• The speed of the sound wave will stay the same.

• The amplitude will change.

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