Practice - Sound Waves
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Practice Questions
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What is a sound wave?
💡 Hint: Think about the medium through which sound travels.
What determines the pitch of a sound?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to the sound when you change its frequency.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What determines the pitch of a sound?
💡 Hint: Think about high notes compared to low notes.
True or False: Sound waves can travel through a vacuum.
💡 Hint: Consider how we hear sound and what is needed for that to occur.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how sound waves can be used to determine the depth of a body of water and calculate the time it takes for a sound pulse to return from a depth of 150 meters (Speed of sound in water = 1482 m/s).
💡 Hint: Consider how sonar works.
A sound wave travels in air at a speed of 343 m/s. Calculate the frequency of a sound wave with a wavelength of 0.5 meters.
💡 Hint: Remember the relationship of speed, frequency, and wavelength.
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