Sound Waves Quiz Review

Question 1

What is the relationship between amplitude, energy, and loudness?

Answer 1

They have a direct relationship, because if one increase, the other does too

Question 2

What is the relationship between frequency and pitch?

Answer 2

The higher the frequency the higher the pitch, the lower the frequency the lower the pitch. They have a direct relationship

Question 3

Describe what you hear as an ambulance moves away from you because of the doppler effect.

Answer 3

You hear the ambulance sirens volume decreasing and pitch lowering as the sound source is moving, so the distance makes the sound hard to hear.

Question 4

Describe what you hear as an ambulance moves towards you because of the doppler effect.

Answer 4

you hear the ambulance sirens volume increasing and pitch getting louder because the sound source is coming towards, the closer it is the louder it is

Question 5

Describe how a sound is formed (definition!).

Answer 5

sound is formed through vibrations

Question 6

What is the relationship between sound and air temperature?

Answer 6

The relationship between sound and air temperature is that the lower the temperature the quieter the sound, the higher the temperature the louder the sound. The lower the slower the higher the faster

Question 7

sound travels as a __________ wave

Answer 7

longitudinal

Question 8

a wave transports ________, not matter

Answer 8

energy

Question 9

___________ is the number of waves that pass a given point every second

Answer 9

frequency

Question 10

Sound waves travel fastest through this material

Answer 10

solid

Question 11

When frequency __________, wavelength increases

Answer 11

decreases

Question 12

Sound waves need a _________ to travel, they cannot travel in space or a vacuum

Answer 12

medium