Sound Flashcards
What is the bottom of a wave called?
Trough
What do you call a wave that is very high but doesn’t occur often?
A wave with a high amplitude but a low frequency
What do you call a wave that occurs over and over again but isn’t very loud?
A high frequency and low amplitude wave
What do you call the top of a wave?
Crest
What are the two different types of wave called?
Transverse and longitudinal
What are is the part of the war called where there are hairs that send electro signals to the Brain?
Cochlea
What is the pinna?
The area bony but around the outside of your ear
What is the ear canal?
Where the sound travels through.
What does the ear drum do?
Picks up in sound travelling through the canal
What happens when a light it’s a mirror?
Reflection
What are sound waves examples of?
Longitudinal
What do you call a material that absorbs light that strikes it?
Opaque
Light rays bend going from air to water because of the change in what?
Speed
What do you call a material that transmits most if the light that it’s it?
Transparent
A material that scatters most of the light that hits it is?
Translucent
