Sound and Ultra sound

Question 1

All waves are classed as …

Answer 1

longitudinal or transverse

Question 2

what is the wave in which sound uses?

Answer 2

longitudinal

Question 3

what are longitudinal waves?

Answer 3

when the vibrations are along the same direction as the direction of travel.

Question 4

what are transverse waves?

Answer 4

are waves which are at right angles to the direction of travel.

Question 5

what do s waves belong to?

Answer 5

transverse waves

Question 6

what do p waves belong to?

Answer 6

longitudinal

Question 7

how are sound waves produced?

Answer 7

by vibrations and can be heard because our ears respond to them and our brain makes sense of the sound.

Question 8

What does this definition mean? The number of complete waves passing a point in one second is known as …

Answer 8

frequency

Question 9

what is frequency measured in?

Answer 9

hertz (Hz)

Question 10

what effects the speed of sound?

Answer 10

the material it is travelling in

Question 11

how fast is the speed in air?

Answer 11

330m/s

Question 12

what is 5x faster than the air ?

Answer 12

water

Question 13

How does sound travel?

Answer 13

forms of waves which transfer energy from one place to another.