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41 Cards in this Set
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What type of wave moves back and forth?
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Longitudinal
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What is another name for a longitudinal wave?
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Compression
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What type of wave needs to travel through a solid, liquid or gas?
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Longitutinal
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What defines the speed of the vibrations per sencond as they pass a given point?
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Frequency
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What is the highness or lowness of a sound?
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Pitch
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What is anything you hear?
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Sound
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What determines loudness or softness of a sound?
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Volume
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What defines how long a sound lasts?
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Duration
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What is a unit of loudness?
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Decibel
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What are the movement back and forth of a longitudinal wave called?
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Vibration
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What is the measurement of the wave from the centerpoint to the crest or trough?
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Amplitude
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What is the quality of sound?
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Tone Color
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What is the quality of sound?
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Timbre
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What is the speed of music?
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Tempo
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What is tightness?
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Tension
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What is the movement of a wave as it travels left to right and back?
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Cycle
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What is a non-electical musical instrument?
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Acoustic
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What is the science of sound?
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Acoustics
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What is a sound increaser or what can we use to increase the volume of a sound?
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Ampliflier
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What is an organized sound?
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Music
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What is an unorganized sound?
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Noise
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What is another term use in music for loudness?
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Dynamics
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What kind of wave travels through outer space?
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Electromagnetic
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What kind of wave does not need to travel through a medium?
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Electromagnetic
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What kind of wave is an electromagnetic wave?
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Transverse
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What causes ocean waves?
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Wind
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What is the measure of a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough called?
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Wave length
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What is the top of a wave called?
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Crest
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What is the bottom of a wave called?
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Trough
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Which has a higher pitch?
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High frequency waves
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If a wave is further apart it has a?
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Low Frequency
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What kind of wave is created when an earthquake occurs?
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Seismic
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What is the measure of a wave from the crest to the trough called?
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Wave height
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Another name for a compression or longitudnal wave is?
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Mechanical wave
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What medium carries sound best?
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Solids
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How do dolphins and whales communicate through water?
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With sound waves?
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What is the measuerment of frequency of waves called.
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Hertz
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Waves that you cook with that are transverse waves and electromagnetic.
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Microwaves
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Waves used to look inside your body to see what is inside you and are transverse waves.
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X-Rays
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What are the colors of the visible light spectrum?
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Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Indigo
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What kind of waves cause you to sunburn or tan?
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Ultraviolet
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