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Sound and Light Landon Hodge Flashcards

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What is pitch?

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It is how high or low a sound wave sounds, and it depends on frequency.

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What is a sound wave?

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It is a longitudinal wave that requires a medium to travel through and is caused by vibrations.

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What is infrasound ?

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It is a sound wave with a frequency lower than 20 Hz.

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What is ultrasound?

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It is a sound wave with a frequency of higher than 20 000 Hz.

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What is resonance?

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It is when two different objects vibrate naturally at the same frequency.

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What is intensity?

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It is how fast a sound wave transmits energy through a certain area of a medium. (How loud something is)

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What is a decibel?

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It is the unit that relative intensity is measured in.

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What is fundamental frequency?

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The frequency of a primary standing wave. Lowest frequency.

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What are harmonics?

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They are the certain number of whole-number multiples of the fundamental frequency.

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What is sonar?

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It is a system that sends out sound signals and receives the echo returns that come back in order to find an object’s location or to communicate.

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What is the Basilar Membrane?

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It is a membrane that is contained in the cochlea that is long and flexible. Parts of the Basilar Membrane vibrate at natural frequencies that are not the same.

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What are photons?

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They are a packet that contains energy or electrons and have no mass.

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What is intensity in light?

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It is how fast energy flows through a certain part of space. The quantity that measures how much light is lighting up a surface. It depends on the amount of light and power or how many photons.

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What is radar?

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It stands for radio detection and ranging. It is a system that bounces radio waves off of things to the speed and location of certain objects.

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What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

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It shows light at every possible frequency, wavelength, and energy.

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What is a light ray?

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It is an imaginary line that moves in the same direction that the light moves.

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What is a virtual image?

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An image that appears somewhere where it looks like light is coming from but it actually isn’t.

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What is a real image?

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An image of something where light rays actually do come together at a certain spot.

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What is a lens?

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A transparent object that refracts light so that it comes together or moves apart to create a picture.

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What is magnification?

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A change in the size of a picture to how the actual object.

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What is a prism in optics?

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A system that has at least two plane surfaces of a see through solid at an angle with each other.

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What is dispersion in optics?

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The act of separating a wave with different frequencies into individual waves. (White light into all of the colors)

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What is a mirage?

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A virtual picture caused by refraction.

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What is diffuse reflection?

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When light hits a rough surface and it is reflected at all different angles.

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What is geometrical optics?

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When light acts like a ray.

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What is the angle of reflection?

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The angle that light reflects off a surface at.

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What is the angle of incidence?

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The angle when a light Ray hits a surface.

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What is the law of reflection?

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The angle of incidence is the same as the angle of reflection.

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What is the normal?

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The perpendicular line that goes through the mirror where the light Ray hits it.

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What is a convex mirror?

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They are mirrors that bulge out and stretch the image that appears.

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What is a concave mirror?

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A mirror that is indented and reflects light rays towards each other.

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What is total internal reflection?

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The full reflection that takes place within an object and has an angle of incidence less than the critical angle.

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What is a converging lens?

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It is a lens with a rounded side that refracts light rays toward each other.

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What is a focal point?

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Light rays focused into a small area.

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