Waves, Sound, and Light

Which of the following is NOT a group of musical instruments?

the process of locating objects by emitting sounds and interpreting the reflected sound waves

Waves that use matter to transfer energy are called ____ waves.

__ occurs when the crest of one wave overlaps the crest of another wave.

Reflection occurs when a wave ___.

the change in pitch due to a moving wave source is called __.

__ is a system that uses the reflection of underwater sound waves to detect objects.

___ is the ability of a medium to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequency

In which of the following mediums will sound travel faster?

The human perception of sound intensity is

The __ is an imaginary line perpendicular to the surface of a medium where a wave strikes it.

Which of the following allows your body to make vitamin D?

Sound waves cannot travel in outer space because

Which of the following has the shortest wavelength?

Which of the following does a transverse wave have?

__ is a measure of the energy in a wave

the entire range of electromagnetic wave frequencies is known as ___

Which of the following will travel faster through water than through air?

the two types of regions that make up compressional waves are ___.

In __ waves, matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the wave

The ___ of an electromagnetic light wave determines the color of light.

A __ is a repeating disturbance that transfers energy through matter or open space

Magnetic fields that surround all magnets exert ___

the interaction between two magnets is called

As frequency increases, wavelength __

In __ waves, matter in the medium moves forward and backward in the same direction as the wave.

Sound waves are ___ waves.

Which of the following does NOT use radio wave?

a reflected sound wave also is called ___.

What type of waves do not require matter to carry energy?

The echoing effect produced by the reflections of sound is called ___.

the specific frequency of the electromagnetic wave that a radio station is assigned is called

Which of the following has the shortest wavelength?

The ___ of a wave is how many wavelengths pass a fixed point each second.

__ occurs when the crest of one wave overlaps the trough of another wave.

__ occurs when waves bend around a barrier.

___ is the distance from the top of one crest of a transverse wave to the top of the next crest

The ___ is the frequency at which a material tends to vibrate when it is disturbed.

___ is the number of vibrations that occur in one second.

The energy carried by an electromagnetic wave is called ___ energy

Protons have a ___ charge, and electrons have a ___ charge.

in the human ear, sound waves are gathered in the ___

In which of the following materials will light travel fastest?

Which of the following types of waves can travel through space?

Which of the following sound frequencies will you hear as a high pitch?

the intensity of sound is measured in units called