Sound Waves

Most rooms have hard flat walls. However, music studios have soft, foam-like material on them. Studios use these materials to prevent...

• sound waves hitting the walls from bouncing back.

• sound waves hitting the wall from staying in the walls.

• sound waves hitting the wall from passing all the way through them.

• sound waves hitting the wall from bending.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which wave behavior describes the process that occurs when a wave goes through a new substance?

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Transmission

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which wave behavior describes the process that occurs when a wave enters a new substance but stays in the new substance?

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Transmission

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which wave behavior describes the process that occurs when a wave encounters a new substance and bounces off in the opposite direction?

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The three ways that light interacts with matter are: ___________, absorption, and ____________.

• refraction

  transmission

• reflection

  refraction

• reflection

  transmission

• absorption

  refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener.

• echo
• murmur
• whisper
• shout

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A unit used to compare the loudness of different sounds.

• centimeter
• kilogram
• fahrenheit
• decibel

The use of reflected sound waves to determine distances or to locate objects.

• Echolocation
• Infrasound
• Ultrasonication
• Thermography

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the highness or lowness of a sound

• Color
• Temperature
• Volume
• Pitch

The loudness or softness of a sound. Measured in decibels.

• Fahrenheit
• Kilogram
• Centimeter
• Volume