West Middle Waves and Sound Test Review

_______________ motion gets us from one place to another

• harmonic

• linear

• zigzagear

• tubular

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Motion that repeats in cycles is called

• linear motion

• locomotion

• harmonic motion

• rotation motion

The DISTANCE from any point on a wave to the same point on the next wave is called its

• amplitude

• velocity

• wavelength

• decibels

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What type of wave has oscillations that are NOT in the same direction as its motion?

• longitudinal

• transverse

• antioscillators

• oscillatorfakers

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What type of wave has oscillations in the SAME direction as its motion?

• longitudinal

• transverse

• convex

• transiberian

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The units for measuring the loudness of sound are

• decibels

• audiles

• earibles

• volume

A supersonic object

• moves slower than the speed of sound

• moves the same speed as the speed of sound

• moves faster than the speed of sound

• is something made really fast at a Sonic restaurant

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The height of a wave, or its distance from equillibrium is the

• velocity

• decibel

• frequency

• amplitude

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The distance a wave travels in a certain amount of time (speed and direction) is

• amplitude

• velocity

• medium

• frequency

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The number of cycles an oscillator completes in a second is called its

• velocity

• frequency

• amplitude

• medium

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