Quiz Sound

How are ocean waves different from sound waves?

• Ocean waves are transverse, sound waves are longitudinal waves

• Ocean waves are longitudinal waves, sound waves are transverse waves.

• Ocean waves are electromagnetic waves, sound waves are mechanical waves.

• Ocean waves are mechanical waves, sound waves are electromagnetic waves.

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What are you doing when you make a sound?

• Causing photons to travel.

• Causing air molecules to vibrate.

• Causing electromagnetic waves to radiate.

• Causing air pressure to drop.

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What is compression?

• When air molecules move apart from one another.

• When air molecules collide with one another.

• When air molecules become packed tightly together.

• When air molecules move around freely.

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A sound wave of over 20,000 cycles per seconds is inaudible to humans. What does "inaudible" mean?

• Loud

• Shrill

• Deep

• Unable to be heard

What would a wave with a low amplitude sound like?

• It would sound quiet.

• It would sound loud.

• It would sound high-pitched.

• It would sound deep.

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What is the relationship between frequency and sound?

• Frequency affects a sound's volume.

• Frequency affects a sound's amplitude.

• Frequency affects a sound's loudness.

• Frequency affects a sound's pitch.

Where would sound travel the slowest?

• Through air.

• Through the ocean.

• Through steel.

• Through space.

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To break the sound barrier, an airplane must travel faster than the speed of sound. Approximately how fast does an airplane have to go to do this?

• 344 kilometers per hour

• 344 meters per second

• 344 centimeters per minute

• 344 miles per hour

Which of these would absorb the most sound?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which of these does sound travel fastest through?

• Steel

• Water

• Air

• Rock

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