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Properties of Sound Waves — Unit test Answers

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Consider the intensities of the sounds listed below.

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A
busy roadway, kids whispering, average home
B
chainsaw, diesel truck, rustling leaves
C
kids whispering, vacuum cleaner, jet airplane
D
library, conversational speech, music from speaker
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A
absorbed
B
transmitted
C
reflected
D
refracted
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Which change will decrease the speed of a sound wave traveling through a gaseous matter?

A
replacing the gaseous matter with a liquid
B
replacing the gaseous matter with a solid
C
decreasing the temperature of the matter
D
increasing the temperature of the matter
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A marching band is practicing. The band director sees the drum major hit a drum. How far away is the director if he hears the drumbeat in 0.40 seconds? The speed of sound is 330 m/s.

A
12 m
B
132 m
C
264 m
D
825 m
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A tuning fork is vibrating the air around it. What best describes the waves produced by the tuning fork?

A
mechanical, because the air molecules are moving perpendicular to the tuning fork
B
mechanical, because the vibrating tuning fork makes air molecules around it vibrate
C
electromagnetic, because the air molecules are moving parallel to the tuning fork
D
electromagnetic, because the vibrating tuning fork does not need air in order to produce sound

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