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Chapter 06: Waves and Sound
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1. The flash from a camera is an example of a continuous wave.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:31 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:31 AM
2. The number of cycles of a wave passing a point per unit time is the wave’s period.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
3. The distance between two successive ‘like’ points on a wave is the wave’s wavelength.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
4. The maximum displacement of points on a wave from the equilibrium position is the wave’s wavelength.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
5. The wavelength of a wave divided by the frequency of the wave is the wave’s speed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
6. When the frequency of the source of a water wave increases, the distance between successive peaks in the
wave increases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
7. When the frequency of the source of a water wave increases, the speed of the waves traveling in the water
increases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
8. A water wave is an example of a transverse wave.

a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
9. A sound wave in a metal bar is an example of a longitudinal wave.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
10. Sound in a vacuum is impossible.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
11. Regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are squeezed together are called
compressions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
12. Waves carry energy.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
13. The speed of a wave is the same as the speed of the particles displaced by the wave.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
When a force F stretches a rope of mass per unit length ρ, the velocity of a wave in the rope is given by
14. You have two ropes of the same length. The mass of the second rope is twice the mass of the first rope. The
velocity of a wave in the second rope is times the velocity of a wave in the first rope.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
PREFACE NAME: force F stretches a rope
15. You pull on a rope with a certain force, and a wave travels in the rope with a certain velocity. If you double
your force, the velocity of a wave in the rope is now times the original velocity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1

16. You have two identical ropes stretched with the same force between two different sets of posts. The second
rope is twice as long as the first rope. The velocity of a wave in the second rope is half the velocity of a wave in
the first rope.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
17. A wave moves in a rope with a certain wavelength. A second wave is made to move in the same rope with
twice the wavelength of the first wave. The frequency of the second wave is half the frequency of the first wave.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
A source emits sound at a fixed constant frequency f.

18. If the source moves away from you, the frequency you hear is lower than f.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
PREFACE NAME: source emits sound
19. If you run towards the source, the frequency you hear is lower than f.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
20. If the source moves away from you, and at the same time you run away from the source, the frequency you
hear is the same as f.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
21. If the temperature of the air rises, the frequency you hear is higher than f.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
22. If the source moves away from you faster than the speed of sound in air, you do not hear any frequency but
instead a ‘sonic boom.’
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
23. Sound cannot travel through solid steel.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1

24. If the source moves, the wavelength of the sound in front of the direction of motion is smaller than the
wavelength behind the direction of motion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
25. You can hear sound through an open window from sources that are not in your line of sight because of
diffraction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
26. When two identical waves arrive at the same place in phase, there is destructive interference.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
27. Two speakers in a stereo emit identical pure tones. As you move around in front of the speakers, you hear
the sound alternating between loud and zero. This occurs because of diffraction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1

28. In order for two waves to interfere completely destructively, they must have the same amplitude.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
29. As you move farther away from a source emitting a pure tone, the frequency of the sound you hear
decreases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
30. Reverberation can both inhibit conversation and enhance music.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
31. Reverberation time of a room can be increased by covering the walls with better reflectors of sound.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1

32. In ultrasound the wavelength of the sound is much smaller than in normal sound.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
33. Two uses of ultrasound are navigation by bats and controlling insects.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
34. A sound level of 80 dB has twenty times the amplitude of a 60 dB sound.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
35. A zero decibel sound level has zero amplitude.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
36. Combining two sounds of equal intensity will give a sound level 3 dB higher than the sound level due to just
one of them.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
37. A sound with ten times the amplitude of another sound is judged to be ten times as loud.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
38. Two identical sound producers will sound twice as loud as just one.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
39. Your vocal cords are used to produce all the sounds you make while speaking.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
40. Telephones don’t transmit frequencies above 3,400 Hz. Musical notes should sound normal over the
telephone as long as they are below 3,400 Hz.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
41. If you increase the linear mass density of a rope, the speed of a wave on the rope also increases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
42. In the troposphere segment of the Earth’s atmosphere, as you increase in altitude the temperature decreases. This
means the speed of sound decreases as you increase in altitude.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
43. For waves moving through the atmosphere at a constant velocity, higher frequency waves must have proportionally
longer wavelengths.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
44. Sound waves propagate in two dimensions.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
45. What is meant by a wave medium?

a. a wave of moderate amplitude
b. water
c. air
d. any material through which a wave travels
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
46. The number of cycles of a wave passing a point per unit time is the wave’s
a. speed.
b. frequency.
c. wavelength.
d. amplitude.
e. loudness.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
47. The distance between two successive ‘like’ points on a wave is the wave’s
a. speed.
b. frequency.
c. wavelength.
d. amplitude.
e. loudness.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
48. What is the symbol traditionally used to represent wavelength?

a. wl b. y
c. μ d. λ
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
49. The maximum displacement of points on a wave from the equilibrium position is the wave’s
a. speed.
b. frequency.
c. wavelength.
d. amplitude.
e. loudness.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
50. The distance between peaks on a wave divided by the time for the wave to travel this distance is the wave’s
a. speed.
b. frequency.
c. wavelength.
d. amplitude.
e. loudness.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
51. The wavelength of a wave multiplied by the frequency of the wave is the wave’s
a. speed.
b. frequency.
c. wavelength.
d. amplitude.
e. loudness.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
52. When the frequency of the source of a water wave increases, the distance between successive peaks in the
wave
a. remains unchanged.
b. increases.
c. decreases.
d. cannot be determined.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
53. When the frequency of the source of a water wave increases, the speed of the waves traveling in the water
b. increases.
c. decreases.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
54. You drop a rock in a pond, and the water waves travel away from the rock with a certain speed. You drop a
heavier rock in the water. The speed of the waves in the water from the heavier rock
b. increases.
c. decreases.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
55. If a source of sound is traveling toward you, the speed of the sound waves reaching you is
_______________ the speed the sound waves would have had if the source were stationary.
a. faster than

b. slower than
c. the same as
ANSWER: c
RATIONALE: The frequency is higher, but the speed is the same.
POINTS: 1
56. Two sound waves traveling through the air have different frequencies. Consequently, they must also have
different
a. amplitudes.
b. speeds.
c. wavelengths.
d. all of the above
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
57. Which of the following can change the frequency of a wave?

a. interference
b. the Doppler effect
c. diffraction
d. all of the above
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
When a force F stretches a rope of mass per unit length ρ, the velocity of a wave in the rope is given by
58. You pull on a rope with a certain force, and a wave travels in the rope with a certain velocity. If you double
your force, the velocity of a wave in the rope is now ____________ the original velocity.
a. 1/2
b. times
c. the same as
d. times
e. 2 times
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
59. You have two ropes of the same length. The mass of the second rope is twice the mass of the first rope. The
velocity of a wave in the second rope is ___________ the velocity of a wave in the first rope.
a. 1/2
b. times
c. the same as
d. times
e. 2 times
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
60. You have two identical ropes stretched with the same force between two different sets of posts. The second
rope is twice as long as the first rope. The velocity of a wave in the second rope is ____________ the velocity
of a wave in the first rope.
a. 1/2
b. times
c. the same as
d. times
e. 2 times
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1

The figure shows a ‘snapshot’ of four different waves in identical ropes stretched with the same force.
61. The wave where the speed is greatest is

a. I.
b. II.
c. III.
d. IV.
e. all of the above.
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
PREFACE NAME: snapshot of 4 different
twice the wavelength of the first wave. The frequency of the second wave is _______________ the frequency of
the first wave.
a. 1/2 b. the same as
c. 2 times d. unrelated to
ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1
63. You shout at a cliff, and hear your echo in 2 seconds. If the speed of sound in the air is 340 m/s, the distance
of the cliff from you is
a. 85 m.
b. 170 m.
c. 340 m.
d. 680 m.
e. none of the above.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
A source emits sound at a fixed constant frequency f.

64. If the source moves away from you, the frequency you hear is
a. the same as f. b. higher than f.
c. lower than f. d. unrelated to f.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
65. If you run towards the source, the frequency you hear is
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1

66. If the source moves away from you, and at the same time you run away from the source, the frequency you
hear is
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
67. If the temperature of the air rises, the frequency you hear is
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
68. If the source moves away from you faster than the speed of sound in air, the frequency that you hear is
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
69. If the source moves, the wavelength of the sound in front of the direction of motion is ____________ the
wavelength behind the direction of motion.
a. the same as b. larger than
c. smaller than d. unrelated to
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1

a. interference.
b. diffraction.
c. the sound level.
d. the Doppler effect.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
71. Which of these waves will diffract the most when passing through a 20 cm wide opening in a barrier?
a. a wave with a wavelength of 25 cm
b. a wave with a wavelength of 2 cm
c. a wave with a wavelength of 0.05 cm
d. none of these waves will diffract at all
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
72. When two identical waves arrive at the same place in phase, there is
a. constructive interference.
b. destructive interference.
c. diffraction.
d. a Doppler effect.
e. a shock wave.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
the sound alternating between loud and zero. This occurs because of
a. interference.
b. changing sound level.
c. diffraction.
d. the Doppler effect.
e. shock waves.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
74. As you move farther away from a source emitting a pure tone, the ___________ of the sound you hear
decreases.
a. frequency
b. period
c. wavelength
d. amplitude
e. none of the above
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
75. Choose the correct statement.

a. The perceived pitch of a sound usually doesn’t depend on the sound’s frequency.
b. The frequency of each musical note is 10 Hz higher than that of the next lower note.
c. The decibel is the standard measure of tone quality.
d. The perceived loudness of a sound depends somewhat on frequency.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
76. Which of the following is not one of the ways sound can be used?
a. to circulate the refrigerant in a refrigerator
b. to relay information to orbiting satellites
c. to form images of internal organs

d. to measure the air temperature aloft
e. to make a bubble in water produce light
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
77. In ultrasound the _____________ of the sound is much greater than in normal sound.
a. frequency
b. period
c. wavelength
d. amplitude
e. speed
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
78. Ultrasound is used

a. to form images of internal organs.
b. by bats to navigate.
c. in automatic focus cameras.
d. to control insects.
e. all of the above
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
79. The wavelength of ultrasound at 1 million Hz in air where the speed of sound is 340 m/s is
a. 0.00000034 m.
b. 0.0000034 m.
c. 0.00034 m.
d. 0.34 m.
e. 340,000,000 m.
ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1
80. You listen to a live orchestra concert from a cheap seat far away, high up in the balcony. The music seems to
be a little out of sync with the conductor’s beat. Why?
a. The musicians are paying no attention to the conductor.
b. You are noticing a time lag due to the finite speed of sound.
c. The orchestra is not very good.
d. The viola section is dragging.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE: The other answers are possibilities!
POINTS: 1
81. Doppler radar can

a. catch speeders.
b. measure the speed of a pitcher’s fastball.
c. detect tornadoes.
d. do all of the above.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
82. You see a lightning flash and half a second later hear a loud blast of thunder. How far away did the lightning
hit?
a. about a mile b. half a mile
c. a tenth of a mile d. none of the above
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1

83. An echo is a sound wave that has been
a. diffracted.
b. refracted.
c. reflected.
d. reverberated.
e. amplified.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
84. The wavelength of the wave shown in this figure is about

a. 2 m.
b. 1.75 m.
c. 0.33 m.
d. not defined.
e. slightly over 5 m.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
PREFACE NAME: 5m wave
85. Which of these shows one cycle of the wave?

a. b.

c. d.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
PREFACE NAME: 5m wave
DATE MODIFIED: 6/15/2016 1:50 PM
86. The 3rd harmonic of a complex tone has a frequency of 1,200 Hz. The frequency of the tone is
a. 200 Hz. b. 400 Hz.
c. 600 Hz. d. none of the above.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
87. A sound level of 80 dB has ___________ the amplitude of a 60 dB sound.

a. ten times b. twenty times
c. one tenth d. twice
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
88. A zero decibel sound level

a. has zero amplitude. b. is nonsense.
c. is just at the threshold of hearing. d. none of the above
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
89. Combining two sounds of equal intensity will give a sound level ___________ than the sound level due to
just one of them.
a. twice as loud b. 3 dB higher
c. 10 dB higher d. 2 dB higher
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
90. If one lawn mower causes an 80-dB sound level at a point nearby, four lawnmowers together would cause a
sound level of ____________ at that point.
a. 92 dB b. 84 dB
c. 86 dB d. none of the above
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
91. If you move twice as far away from a lawn mower running in an open field, the amplitude of the sound you
hear will be ___________ what it was before.
a. the same as
b. twice
c. half
d. four times
e. one fourth
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
92. A sound with ten times the amplitude of another sound is judged to be
a. twice as loud. b. ten times as loud.
c. 10 dB higher in sound level. d. 20 dB higher in sound level.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
93. Harmonics
a. are components of a complex waveform.
b. have frequencies that are integer multiples of the frequency of the complex waveform.
c. are pure tones.
d. have sinusoidal waveforms.
e. all of the above
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
94. In the upper atmosphere at altitudes where commercial airlines travel, we find extremely cold temperatures. What is
the speed of sound (in metric units) for a temperature of –49.0 oC?
a. 984.9 m/s b. 300.8 m/s
c. 344.7 m/s d. 140.7 m/s
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
95. What frequency of sound traveling in air at 40 oC has a wavelength of 0.50 m?

a. 20 Hz b. 344.7 Hz
c. 502.9 Hz d. 711.2 Hz
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
96. You are on an island where a huge explosion at a distance of 500 miles away can be heard. How long (in seconds)
does it take the sound to travel to your location? Assume the temperature of the air is 20 oC.
a. 1.4 s b. 5.6 s
c. 2340 s d. 8955 s
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1

97. You are on a boat in a fog and know there are cliffs ahead of you somewhere, but you cannot see them. You use your
fog horn to send out a blast of sound (assume the temperature of the air is 20 oC) and the time it takes for the sound to
return to you is 20.0 s. How far away are the cliffs (in metric units)? Hint: Be careful and think about the physics of the
problem. You may want to make a sketch of the situation to help you determine the answer.
a. 1798 m b. 3444 m
c. 3596 m d. 7192 m
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
98. Sound waves propagate in

a. one dimension. b. two dimensions.
c. three dimensions. d. four dimensions.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
99. An example of a transverse wave is a

a. sound wave in air.
b. wave on a rope.
c. water wave.
d. sound wave in a metal bar.
e. none of the above
ANSWER: b, c
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Response
100. An example of a longitudinal wave is

a. a sound wave in air.
b. a wave on a rope.
c. a water wave.
d. a sound wave in a metal bar.
ANSWER: a, d
POINTS: 1
101. In a plane wave, the wavefronts are

a. circular.
b. flat.
c. parallel.
d. perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
ANSWER: b, c, d
POINTS: 1
102. The wave with the largest wavelength is wave

a. I.
b. II.
c. III.
d. IV.
e. all of the above
ANSWER: a, c
POINTS: 1
103. The wave with the largest amplitude is

a. I.
b. II.
c. III.
d. IV.
ANSWER: a, b
POINTS: 1
104. The wave with the largest frequency is

a. I.
b. II.
c. III.
d. IV.
ANSWER: b, d
POINTS: 1
105. In order for two waves to interfere completely destructively, they must

a. have the same amplitude.
b. be exactly out of phase.
c. one wave’s peak must align with the other’s valley.
d. be transverse waves.
e. all of the above
ANSWER: a, b, c
POINTS: 1
106. You put one ear on a steel railroad track while your friend a distance of 400 m away taps on the rail with a stone.
You will hear the sound through the steel rail in _________ and through the air where the speed of sound is 344 m/s in
_______.
a. 0.08 s b. 0.5 s
c. 1.2 s d. 2.4 s
ANSWER: a, c
POINTS: 1
107. The number of cycles of a wave passing a point per unit time is the wave’s __________.
ANSWER: frequency
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Completion
108. A complex tone can be produced by combining two or more __________.

ANSWER: pure tones
POINTS: 1
109. The distance between two successive ‘like’ points on a wave is the wave’s __________.
ANSWER: wavelength
POINTS: 1
110. The maximum displacement of points on a wave from the equilibrium position is the wave’s __________.
ANSWER: amplitude
POINTS: 1
111. A _________ wave is one with its oscillations perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
ANSWER: transverse
POINTS: 1
112. The wavelength of a wave multiplied by the frequency of the wave is the wave’s __________.
ANSWER: speed
POINTS: 1
113. Two examples of a longitudinal wave are __________ and __________.

ANSWER: sound waves, longitudinal waves in a Slinky
POINTS: 1
114. Two examples of a transverse wave are __________ and __________.

ANSWER: waves on a rope, water waves
POINTS: 1

115. The waves with the largest wavelength are waves __________ and ___________.
ANSWER: I and III
POINTS: 1
116. The waves with the largest amplitude are _________ and _________.
ANSWER: I and II
POINTS: 1
117. The waves with the largest frequency are __________ and _________.
ANSWER: II and IV
POINTS: 1
118. The wave with the greatest speed is __________.

ANSWER: None—they all have the same speed.
POINTS: 1
twice the wavelength of the first wave. The frequency of the second wave is _________ times the frequency of
the first wave.
ANSWER: 1/2
POINTS: 1
120. Increasing the speed of waves on a guitar string increases the _________ of the sound it produces.
ANSWER: frequency (or pitch)
POINTS: 1
121. You shout at a cliff, and hear your echo in 2 seconds. If the speed of sound in the air is 340 m/s, the
distance of the cliff from you is __________.
ANSWER: 340 m
POINTS: 1
__________.

ANSWER: diffraction
POINTS: 1
the sound alternating between loud and zero. This occurs because of __________.
ANSWER: interference
POINTS: 1
124. When two identical waves undergo _______________ interference, the net amplitude is zero.
ANSWER: destructive
POINTS: 1
125. As you move farther away from a source emitting a pure tone, the __________ of the sound you hear
decreases.
ANSWER: amplitude
POINTS: 1
126. In ultrasound the __________ of the sound is much greater than in normal sound.
ANSWER: frequency
POINTS: 1
127. Two uses of ultrasound are __________ and __________.

ANSWER: forming images of internal organs, navigation by bats, automatic focus cameras, controlling
insects
POINTS: 1
128. The wavelength of ultrasound at 1 million Hz in air where the speed of sound is 340 m/s is __________.
ANSWER: 0.00034 m
POINTS: 1
129. The only way to make sound travel faster in air is to change the air’s ____________.
ANSWER: temperature
POINTS: 1
130. A sound level of 80 dB has __________ times the amplitude of a 60 dB sound.

ANSWER: ten
POINTS: 1
131. Combining two sounds of equal intensity will give a sound level __________ higher than the sound level
due to just one of them.
ANSWER: 3 dB
POINTS: 1
132. As you increase in altitude in the atmosphere, the speed of sound _________.
ANSWER: decreases
POINTS: 1
133. If the speed of a continuous wave is constant, as you increase the frequency of the wave, the wave must have a
proportionally _________ wavelength
ANSWER: shorter
POINTS: 1
134. What is the speed of sound in the air inside a furnace where the temperature is 500 degrees Celsius (773
Kelvin)?
ANSWER: 559 m/s
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Subjective Short Answer
135. Water ripples are produced by making a cork oscillate up and down at a frequency of 5 Hz. The peaks of
the ripples are 0.03 meters apart. What is the speed of the water ripples?
ANSWER: 0.15 m/s
POINTS: 1
136. A test tone used on a radio has a frequency of 1,000 Hz. What is the wavelength of this sound in air at
normal room temperature? (The speed of sound is 344 meters per second.)
ANSWER: 0.344 m
POINTS: 1
137. A huge explosion is heard 20 miles away. How long does it take the sound to travel that far? (20 miles =
32,000 meters)
ANSWER: 93 s
POINTS: 1
138. The fourth harmonic of a complex tone has a frequency of 600 Hz. What is the frequency of the tone?
ANSWER: 150 Hz
POINTS: 1
139. If one lawn mower causes an 80-dB sound level at a nearby point, what sound level at that point would four
lawnmowers together cause?
ANSWER: 86 dB
POINTS: 1
140. In the upper atmosphere at altitudes where commercial airlines travel, we find extremely cold temperatures. What is
the speed of sound (in metric units) for a temperature of -53.0 oC?
ANSWER: 298.1 m/s
POINTS: 1
a. amplitude
b. constructive interference
c. destructive interference
d. diffraction
e. Doppler effect
f. frequency
g. longitudinal
h. pitch
i. ray
j. reflection
k. reverberation
l. sound level
m. transverse
n. ultrasound

o. waveform
p. wavelength
QUESTION TYPE: Matching
141. line used to show the path of a wave

ANSWER: i
POINTS: 1
142. occurs when two waves arrive in phase

ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
143. occurs when sound passes through an open window

ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
144. sound waves used to form images of internal organs

ANSWER: n
POINTS: 1
145. the maximum displacement of points on a wave

ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
146. the number of cycles of a wave passing a point per unit time
ANSWER: f
POINTS: 1
147. measured in decibels

ANSWER: l
POINTS: 1
148. the distance between two successive ‘like’ points on a wave

ANSWER: p
POINTS: 1
149. sound in air is an example of this type of wave

ANSWER: g
POINTS: 1
150. affects the frequency of the sound from a moving sound source
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
151. multiple, random reflection of sound inside a room

ANSWER: k
POINTS: 1
152. when two wave are “out of phase” the result is

ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
Match each item with the correct statement below.

a. amplitude b. constructive interference
c. destructive interference d. diffraction
e. Doppler effect f. frequency
g. longitudinal h. pitch
i. ray j. reflection
k. reverberation l. sound level
m. transverse n. ultrasound
o. waveform p. wavelength
QUESTION TYPE: Matching
DATE CREATED: 6/15/2016 2:00 PM
153. line used to show the path of a wave

ANSWER: i
POINTS: 1
154. occurs when two waves arrive in phase

ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
155. occurs when sound passes through an open window

ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
156. sound waves used to form images of internal organs

ANSWER: n
POINTS: 1
157. the maximum displacement of points on a wave

ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
158. the number of cycles of a wave passing a point per unit time
ANSWER: f
POINTS: 1
159. measured in decibels

ANSWER: l
POINTS: 1
160. the distance between two successive ‘like’ points on a wave

ANSWER: p
POINTS: 1
161. sound in air is an example of this type of wave

ANSWER: g
POINTS: 1
162. affects the frequency of the sound from a moving sound source
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
163. multiple, random reflections of sound inside a room

ANSWER: k
POINTS: 1
164. when two wave are “out of phase” the result is

ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1

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Chapter 06: Waves and Sound

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1. The flash from a camera is an example of a continuous wave.

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8. A water wave is an example of a transverse wave.

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9. A sound wave in a metal bar is an example of a longitudinal wave.

10. Sound in a vacuum is impossible.

12. Waves carry energy.

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A source emits sound at a fixed constant frequency f.

23. Sound cannot travel through solid steel.

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30. Reverberation can both inhibit conversation and enhance music.

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34. A sound level of 80 dB has twenty times the amplitude of a 60 dB sound.

35. A zero decibel sound level has zero amplitude.

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44. Sound waves propagate in two dimensions.

45. What is meant by a wave medium?

48. What is the symbol traditionally used to represent wavelength?

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57. Which of the following can change the frequency of a wave?

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61. The wave where the speed is greatest is

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A source emits sound at a fixed constant frequency f.

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75. Choose the correct statement.

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78. Ultrasound is used

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81. Doppler radar can

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84. The wavelength of the wave shown in this figure is about

85. Which of these shows one cycle of the wave?

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87. A sound level of 80 dB has ___________ the amplitude of a 60 dB sound.

88. A zero decibel sound level

95. What frequency of sound traveling in air at 40 oC has a wavelength of 0.50 m?

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98. Sound waves propagate in

99. An example of a transverse wave is a

100. An example of a longitudinal wave is

101. In a plane wave, the wavefronts are

102. The wave with the largest wavelength is wave

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103. The wave with the largest amplitude is

104. The wave with the largest frequency is

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108. A complex tone can be produced by combining two or more __________.

113. Two examples of a longitudinal wave are __________ and __________.

114. Two examples of a transverse wave are __________ and __________.

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118. The wave with the greatest speed is __________.

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127. Two uses of ultrasound are __________ and __________.

130. A sound level of 80 dB has __________ times the amplitude of a 60 dB sound.

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141. line used to show the path of a wave

142. occurs when two waves arrive in phase

113. Two examples of a longitudinal wave are and .

114. Two examples of a transverse wave are and .

127. Two uses of ultrasound are and .