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What do waves move?
a) matter
b) energy
c) water
d) sound

What do playing a guitar, banging a drum, and dropping a pebble in the water have in common
a) they all produce light
b) they all convert heat to energy
c) they all cause vibrations
d) they need gravity to move

A medium is
a) a wave
b) the blind spot at the back of the eye
c) the middle part of the ear
d) a substance through which matter can travel.

Regions in a longitudinal wave where particles are farthest apart are called ____________________.
a) Compressions.
b) Condensations.
c) Depressions.
d) Rarefactions.

In which medium would sound move the fastest?
a) vacuum
b) air
c) water
d) steel

A tone that is lower in pitch is lower in what characteristic?
a) frequency
b) loudness
c) wavelength
d) resonance

Pitch is a measure of:
a) how fast a baseball is coming towards you.
b) how slow a vibration moves through a solid
c) how high or low a sound is perceived to be
d) how quiet or loud a sound is.

Decibels are the most common units used to measure _______________.
a) Media
b) Pitch
c) Loudness
d) Longitudinal Waves

The Doppler Effect is noticed in which of the following situations?
a) when a car with it honking horn moves towards you and then drives away.
b) when birds fly in formation, and the goose at the front is honking.
c) when a drum is struck hard
d) when sound does not travel in a vacuum.

What type of wave is a sound wave?
a) transverse
b) longitudinal
c) electromagnetic
d)

Loudness is the extent to which sound can be:
a) seen
b) echoed
c) reflected
d) heard

How do bats find their food
a) using their eyes in the daylight
b) using high pitch sounds and echoes, called echolocation
c) using their wings to feel
d) hide and attack

A banana looks yellow because ___________.
a) the banana absorbs yellow light
b) the banana absorbs all colored light except yellow, which it reflects
c) the banana absorbs yellow and blue light
d) the banana reflects all colors of light.

Human eyes respond to a narrow range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves including_________________.
a) ultraviolet light
b) infrared light
c) visible light
d) compression light

The distance between to crests of a wave is called:
a) amplitude
b) wavelength
c) trough
d) crest

What is the correct order of the electromagnetic spectrum
a) gamma rays, X rays, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, radio waves
b) radio waves, infrared, visible light, x rays, gamma rays
c) radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible lights, ultraviolet, x rays, gamma rays
d)

Light waves are what type of wave
a) longetudinal
b) transverse
c) mechanical
d)

What has the shortest wavelength
a) Red Light
b) Yellow Light
c) Blue Light
d) Violet Light

Frequency is measured in ____________.
a) decibels
b) hertz
c) loudness
d) wavelength

Two sound waves are produced by a clarinet. Both sound waves have the same pitch, but the second one is louder. Which of the following properties is greater for the second sound wave?
a) frequency
b) speed in air
c) wavelength
d) amplitude

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