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- 1. Multiple Choice
A disturbance that repeats regularly in space and time and that transmits energy from one place to another with no transfer of matter.
waves
wave speed
frequency
- 2. Multiple Choice
A measurement of how much sound energy passes through a certain area in a certain amount of time as it spreads out from the source.
Hertz
sound intensity
transverse wave
- 3. Multiple Choice
A unit of measure that indicates the relative intensity of a sound.
rarefaction
compression
decibel
- 4. Multiple Choice
the wave's displacement from its state of rest.
amplitude
wavelength
wave speed
- 5. Multiple Choice
the amount of wave cycles per second
Hertz
transverse wave
rarefaction
- 6. Multiple Choice
the length of one wave cycle
wave speed
wavelength
wave
- 7. Multiple Choice
the number of vibrations per second the ear receives, otherwise known as the sound's pitch.
transverse wave
compression
frequency
- 8. Multiple Choice
transfers energy through compressions and rarefactions in the material through which the wave travels.
transverse waves
longitudinal waves
frequency
- 9. Multiple Choice
the motion of the material is perpendicular to the direction that the energy travels.
wavelength
longitudinal waves
transverse waves
- 10. Multiple Choice
the region of the wave in which the material through which the wave is transmitted is pressed together.
compression
rarefaction
wave
- 11. Multiple Choice
the region in which the material is spread apart.
compression
rarefaction
frequency
- 12. Multiple Choice
the material in which wave energy travels.
longitudinal wave
transverse wave
medium
- 13. Multiple Choice
measured in meters per second (m/s)
medium
wave speed
Hertz
- 14. Multiple Choice
the scientific name for the colors of the rainbow
frequency
waves
visible light spectrum
- 15. Multiple Choice
information that supports or refutes a claim
hertz
evidence
amplitude
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