Chapter 2 Sound Waves Flashcards
What do waves transfer from one location to another?
A: matter
B:molecules
C: energy
D: water
C: energy (waves carry energy from place to place )
Which of the following best describe sound waves?
A: a series of compression and rare fraction
B: waves that are heard by man
C: movement of molecules and energy from one location to another
D: waves that are used to make images of anatomy
A: a series of compression and rare fraction
Which of the following term does not belong with the others?
A:compression
B:region of high density
C: region of high pressure
D: wide molecular spacing
D: wide molecular spacing
Variations in all of the following identify specific waves as acoustic waves except:
A: pressure
B: parameters
C: density
D: acoustic variables
B: parameters
All of the following are true of sound waves except :
A: they are acoustic
B: they are pressure waves
C: they are transverse waves
D: they move energy
C: they are transverse waves ( waves are longitudinal waves )
All of the following are acoustic parameters except
A:pressure
B:period
C:propagation speed
D: frequency
A:pressure ( pressure is an acoustic variable )
Which of the following best describes sound waves ?
A: transverse , pressure waves
B: transverse , longitudinal waves
C: longitudinal, out-of phase waves
D: longitudinal , pressure waves
D: longitudinal, pressure waves
Two waves are traveling in a medium and arrive at a location at the same time. Which event takes place?
A: constructive interference
B: destructive interference
C: interference
D:reflection
C: interference
Which type of waves will exhibit both constructive and destructive interference?
A:waves of different amplitude
B: a pair of longitudinal waves
C: waves of different frequency
D: out -of-phase waves
C: waves of different frequency ( both constructive and destructive interference occurs with waves with different frequencies)
What units are used to report the pressure of a sound beam?
A:pounds
B:centimeters
C: pascals
D: kg/cm
C: pascals (pressure is appropriately reported with units of pascals abbreviated Pa)
True or false? Acoustic there was allow us to determine which waves are sound waves, and which are not.
True
True or false? acoustic parameters are used to describe the features of sound waves
True
What kind of wave is a sound wave ?
Sound waves are mechanical waves that travel through a medium
7 paramaeters
Period
Frequency
Amplitude
Power
Intensity
Wavelength
Propagation speed
Three acoustic variables and the units
1:Pressure (units :pascals Pa) (concentration of force in an area )
2: Density (units kg/cm3 ) (concentration of mass in a volume)
3: Distance (units cm, feet, mile ) (measure of particle motion)
Transverse waves
Particles move in a direction that is perpendicular (at right angles) to the direction of the wave propagates