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      Ch 25/26 Waves & Sound Quiz on QuizRevolution

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      An object moving through a medium faster than the speed of waves in the medium, a 3D __
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      • shock wave is produced

      • bow wave is produced

      • standing wave is produced

      • reflected wave is produced

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      1. An object moving through a medium faster than the speed of waves in the medium, a 3D __
        1. shock wave is produced
        2. bow wave is produced
        3. standing wave is produced
        4. reflected wave is produced
      2. A wave that is a result of interference between an incident (original) & reflected wave is
        1. a longitudinal wave
        2. a transverse wave
        3. a standing wave
        4. a doppler wave
      3. Destructive interference of radio waves results in static.
        1. true
        2. false
      4. A sounding board encounters forced vibrations which amplify the sound it produces
        1. true
        2. false
      5. A wave whose frequency changes due to the motion of the source is a __wave.
        1. a longitudinal wave
        2. a transverse wave
        3. a standing wave
        4. a doppler wave
      6. All of a wave’s energy is reflected as it strikes an object.
        1. true
        2. false
      7. Waves that encounter a medium whose electron's natural frequency match frequency of wave _
        1. reflected
        2. refracted
        3. diffracted
        4. absorbed
      8. Increased amplitude of a light wave results in __
        1. a shift towards blue light
        2. a shift towards red light
        3. a brighter light
        4. an absorbed light wave
      9. As a speaker increases the velocity of vibrations, the pitch of the sound produced _
        1. increases
        2. decreases
        3. remains the same
      10. Waves carry energy from place to place.
        1. true
        2. false
      11. A repeating back and forth motion about an equilibrium position is called __
        1. vibration
        2. wave
        3. period
        4. frequency
      12. As the sound of a car’s horn passes & recedes from you, the pitch seems to
        1. increase
        2. decrease
        3. stays the same
        4. doubles
      13. Loudness of sound corresponds to the ___ of the sound wave.
        1. frequency
        2. wavelength
        3. amplitude
        4. velocity
      14. Antinoise technology use constructive interference to decrease the loudness of devices
        1. true
        2. false
      15. The number of vibrations or waves per unit of time is called
        1. frequency
        2. period
        3. wavelength
        4. velocity
      16. A reflected sound wave is called _
        1. a bounced wave
        2. an echo
        3. a reverberation
        4. a natural frequency wave
      17. The intensity of sound is measured in decibels.
        1. true
        2. false
      18. The angle of incident wave equals the angle of __ wave.
        1. reflected
        2. refracted
        3. diffracted
        4. absorbed
      19. a seismic wave is an example of __
        1. a longitudinal wave
        2. a transverse wave
        3. a standing wave
        4. a doppler wave
      20. Waves created by an earthquake are called _
        1. transverse waves
        2. shake waves
        3. seismic waves
        4. sound waves
      21. Sound travels faster in air if the air is ___
        1. warm
        2. cold
        3. neither: the velocity is the same
      22. When resonance occurs, what occurs?
        1. velocity of sound wave increases
        2. frequency of sound wave increases
        3. wavelength of sound wave increases
        4. amplitude of sound wave increases
      23. Sound waves can not travel in ___.
        1. air
        2. water
        3. steel
        4. a vacuum
      24. Any type of wave may be distorted.
        1. true
        2. false
      25. A disturbance that repeats regularly in space and time is called _
        1. wave
        2. vibration
        3. sound
        4. transverse wave
      26. Sound waves that are above 20,000 Hz, to high for humans to hear, are called _
        1. subsonic
        2. supersonic
        3. ultrasonic
        4. infrasonic
      27. When a sound source moves towards you, what happens to the wavelength?
        1. it increase
        2. it decreases
        3. it remains the same
      28. Frequency which needs minimum energy to continue vibrating at that frequency is_ frequency
        1. forced
        2. resonant
        3. natural
        4. automatic
      29. Interference is a property of only some types of waves
        1. true
        2. false
      30. Multiple reflections of a sound wave is called ___
        1. a bounced wave
        2. an echo
        3. a reverberation
        4. a natural frequency wave
      31. A pulse of high pressure air is called a ___.
        1. compression
        2. rarefaction
        3. crest
        4. trough
      32. Waves that encounter an obstacle in its path & spead out around the object are
        1. reflected
        2. refracted
        3. diffracted
        4. absorbed
      33. Type of wave used by police to determine the velocity of a vehicle is a _ wave
        1. reflected
        2. refracted
        3. doppler
        4. standing
      34. When a wave source moves toward a receiver, the receiver encoutners _
        1. an increase in wave frequency
        2. an increase in wave velocity
        3. an increase in both wave frequency & velocity
        4. neither an increase in wave frequency or velocity
      35. The distance between successive identical parts of a wave is called __
        1. crest
        2. amplitude
        3. wavelength
        4. midpoint
      36. Two waves arrive at the same place at the same time exactly in phase with each other.
        1. 4m
        2. 2m
        3. 1m
        4. 0.5m
      37. A longitudinal wave can also be called a compression wave.
        1. true
        2. false
      38. The frequency of a vibrating source will always equal the frequency of sound waves created
        1. true
        2. false
      39. Which wave behavior results in a change in frequency?
        1. reflected wave
        2. refracted wave
        3. doppler wave
        4. absorbed wave
      40. A __ wave resembles a transverse wave but occurs in mediums that are fixed at both ends
        1. reflected
        2. diffracted
        3. standing
        4. refracted
      41. Red light has a longer wavelength than violet light. Which has the greatest frequency?
        1. red light
        2. violet light
        3. neither: they have the same frequency
      42. Sound is an example of a ___wave.
        1. a longitudinal wave
        2. a transverse wave
        3. a standing wave
        4. a doppler wave
      43. Waves that change direction when they bounce off of a barrier are
        1. reflected
        2. refracted
        3. diffracted
        4. absorbed
      44. A sonic boom is __
        1. roduced as a plane breaks through the sound barrier
        2. produced by subsonic bullets as well as subsonic aircraft
        3. swept behind a plane flying faster than speed of sound
        4. all of the choices
      45. Waves produced by throwing a rock in a pond are called __ waves.
        1. longitudinal
        2. compression
        3. transverse
        4. electromagnetic
      46. Which of the following would be most likely to transmit sound the fastest?
        1. water in a pool
        2. wood in a desk
        3. air in a classroom
        4. steel in a bridge
      47. A moving source must emit a sound in order for it to make a shock wave.
        1. true
        2. false
      48. A disturbance in air in which the pressure is lowered is called a __
        1. compression
        2. rarefaction
        3. crest
        4. trough
      49. Waves that occur in the same region at the same time undergo _
        1. absorption
        2. distortion
        3. interference
        4. reflection
      50. The field of study that analyzes the behavior of waves is called _
        1. sound dynamics
        2. sound engineering
        3. acoustics
        4. wave dynamics
      51. The time needed for one back & forth motion or one wave is called _
        1. vibration
        2. wave
        3. period
        4. frequency
      52. Interference effects the loudness of sounds.
        1. true
        2. false
      53. When a sound source moves towards you, what happens to the frequency?
        1. it increases
        2. it decreases
        3. it remains the same
      54. The phenomenon of beats results from sound _
        1. refraction
        2. reflection
        3. interference
        4. absorption
      55. Sound waves travel faster in the air than in water
        1. true
        2. false
      56. The intensity of a sound wave can be measured but the loudness of it can not.
        1. true
        2. false
      57. A speaker makes sound by vibrating back & forth creating compressions & rarefactions
        1. true
        2. false
      58. Waves that meet a boundary between 2 mediums thus changing the waves velocity are
        1. reflected
        2. refracted
        3. diffracted
        4. absorbed
      59. The thicker an instrument’s string, the higher the pitch.
        1. true
        2. false
      60. Electromagnetic waves are __
        1. transverse waves
        2. longitudinal waves
        3. both types of waves
        4. neither type of wave
      61. The source of all wave motion is __
        1. movement of matter
        2. a harmonic object
        3. a vibration
        4. region of variable high & low pressure
      62. A wave with a vibration that is at right angles to the direction the wave is traveling is
        1. a longitudinal wave
        2. a transverse wave
        3. a standing wave
        4. a doppler wave
      63. An object is made to vibrate by another vibrating object that is nearby. This is called a
        1. resonant vibration
        2. forced vibration
        3. natural vibration
        4. automatic vibration
      64. When you adjust the tuner on a radio set, you are adjusting the natural frequency of
        1. true
        2. false
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