Sound

A ________ wave is a longitudinal wave that is caused by vibrations and travels through a medium

• sound

• electrical

• mechanical

• loud

Sound waves must travel through a ____________.

• medium

• source

• neutron

• atom

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Give an example of a medium that sound can travel through.

______ is how high or low you think a sound is, and depends on the frequency and wavelength of a sound wave.

• pitch

• loudness

________ is a measure of how well a sound can be heard.

• pitch

• loudness

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The two main factors that affect the speed of sound are

• the type of medium

• temperature of the medium

• size of the medium

• mass of the medium

Sounds travel faster through

• solids

• liquids

• gases

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Matter can __________ or __________ sound waves.

• absorb

• reflect

• dissolve

• bend

_______________ happens when two or more waves overlap and combine to form one wave.

• interference

• interception

• interruption

• interabsorption

_________ is the use of echoes or reflected sound waves to find objects

• echolocation

• echoradar

• echosound

• ultraecho

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