Sound Waves Answers

A student takes notes in class.Sound Waves I. Created by a vibration A. Vibration: something that causes air molecules to moveback and forth quickly and steadily II. Move through a medium A. Solid B. Liquid C. Gas

Waves move fastest in

Yulia observed a sound wave moving through a solid medium at four different temperatures, and she recorded observations about each one in the chart.

A high amplitude sound wave can best be compared to a

Why do waves move faster at higher temperatures and in a solid phase?

Allison wants to calculate the speed of a sound wave.

Which refers to the density of the medium’s particles at the compression of a sound wave?

Which best describes vibration?

In which part of the wave are the particles of the medium closer together?

Sound waves move the slowest through which medium?

Which of these objects would most likely cause a sound wave?

A coiled spring with coils that are closely spaced then widely then closely then widely then closely, ending with a yellow line labeled 1 second.

A wave is traveling through X. What can be known about X?

In sound waves, the distance between compressions is called the wavelength.