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A disturbance in the form of a longitudinal wave travels away from the vibrating souce.
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Physics Chapter 26
Sound
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sound wave are produced by what? | the vibrations of material objects. |
| A disturbance in the form of a longitudinal wave travels away from the vibrating souce. | correct |
| High-pitched sounds ae produced by sources vibrating at high frequency, while low-pitched sounds are reproduced by low frequency sources. | correct. |
| Sound waves constist of what? | traveling pulses of high pressure zones, or compressions, altenating wth pulses of low-pressure zones, or rarefactions. |
| Sound can travel through: | gases, liquids, and solids |
| Soun cannot travel through: | a vacuum. |
| Sound travels fastest through: | very elastic materials, such as steel. |
| Every object vibrates at its own set of natural frequencies. | correct. |
| When an object such as a sounding board is forced to vibrate by a sound source, the sound becomes louder. | correct. |
| When an object is forced to vibrate at one of its own natural frequencies, resonance occurs and the sound becomes much louder. | correct. |
| Like any waves, two sound waves can exhibit interference and make sound louder and softer. | correct. |
| Rapid changes in loudness, known as beats, occur wen two tones very close in frequency are heard at the same time. | correct. |
| All sounds are produced by: | the vibrations of material objects. |
| How does sound work? | The orginal vibration stimulates the vibation of something larger or more massive. This vibrating material then sends a disturbance through a surrounding medium, usually air, in the form of longitudinal waves. oridnary conditions: source Hz=soundwave Hz |
| For all wave motion, it is not the medium that travels across the room, but | a PULSE that travels. |
| Do solids and liquids conduct better or worse than air? | Better. Sound travels faster in liquids than in gases, and faster in solids. |
| SOUND CANNOT TRAVEL IN A VACUUM. Why? | If there's nothing to compress and expand, there can be no sound. There may be vibrations, however. |
| Sound is much slower than light. | correct. |
| The speed of sound in a material depends on the material's elasticity, which is the ability of a material to change shape in repsonse to an applied force, and the resume its initial shape once the distorting force is removed. | correct. |
| Sound travels about 15 times faster in steel than in air, and about four time faster in water than in air. | correct. |
| The intensity of sound is proportional to the square of the amplitude of a sound wave. | correct. |
| The unit of intesity for sound is the decibel (dB), after Alexander Graham Bell(inventor of the telephone.) | correct |
| A natural frequency is one at which minimum energy is required to produce forced vibrations. It is also the frequency that requires the least amountof enery to continue this vibration. | correct |
| Natural frequency depends on what? | elasticity and shape of the object |
| What is resonance? | WHen the frequency of a forced vibratio on an object matches the object's natual frequency, a dramatic increase in amplitude occurs. This phenomenon is called resonance. |
| What does something need to resonate? | It needs a force to pull it back to its starting position and enough energy to keep it vibrating. |
| For sound, the crest of a wave correponds to a compression, and the trough of a wave corresponds to a rarefaction. | correct |
| The periodic vartion in the loudness of sound is called | beats. |
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