Using Sound — Unit test Answers

Which two animals use echolocation?

Which best describes the order of the technology used to transmit a sound through the radio?

Which statement best describes how waves carry energy?

When sound is created, it travels to the ear through a

Sound waves are produced when something is caused to

What is occurring when two waves traveling along the same medium meet and cancel each other out?

Which best describes what occurs when an object takes in a wave as the wave hits it?

Henri draws a wave that has a 4 cm distance between the midpoint and the trough. Geri draws a wave that has an 8 cm vertical distance from the trough to the crest.Which statement best describes the energy in Henri and Geri’s waves?

Four waves are produced when a harp is strummed at four different times.Which wave will produce the highest pitch?

Which types of waves requires matter to carry energy?

Changes in which property are heard when the Doppler effect occurs?

The frequency of a wave does not change as it passes from one medium to another.What will most likely happen if a light wave moves from the air into a solid?

What do diffraction and refraction have in common?

Atomic bombs send out a shock wave when they are detonated. This occurs because the bomb’s detonation superheats the air particles nearby, which cause them to bump into other air particles that further the wave.Which statement can most likely be made about the shock waves of atomic bombs?

Which refers to the number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point in a second?

An ultrasound tech is trying to identify an object, but the screen of the machine is broken. Which statement best describes this situation?

Which equation should be used to calculate the speed of a wave?

What will occur when the trough of Wave A overlaps the crest of Wave B?