Producing and Detecting Sound

Spread out areas or areas of decreased pressure on a sound wave are known as a ---

• Rarefaction

• Amplitude

• Compression

• Hertz

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What type of energy does a sound wave have?

• Mechanical

• Radiant

• Electrical

• Sound

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Sound is produced by -----

• Heat energy

• Low temperatures

• Vibrations

• Friction

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Sound needs a medium.

• True

• False

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The greater the frequency of a sound wave, the _____

• lower the pitch

• higher the pitch

• softer the sound

• louder the sound

Sound travels ____ times faster through a metal pipe than it does air.

• 5

• 12

• 18

• 23

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Sound waves are also known as ----- waves.

• Compression

• Longitudinal

• Neither

• Both longitudinal and compression

Areas of increased pressure on a sound wave are known as a ----

• Rarefaction

• Compression

• Frequency

• Amplitude

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The distance from the beginning of one compression to the beginning of the next compression is called a -----

• Rarefaction

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Compression

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The unit for measuring frequency is the ---

• Joule

• Hertz

• Gram

• Newton

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