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Question 1
1.

Sound travels fastest through ________________ .

Question 2
2.

If the anglet is 40 degrees, the angle of reflection is ______

Question 3
3.

Refraction occurs when a wave changes its ____________________ .

Question 4
4.

On a crisp spring morning, Sue could see a mirror image of the colorful trees in the water of the lake. What causes this mirror image?

Question 5
5.

Penquin houses with carpet are much quieter than houses with tile or hardwood floors because of sound wave ____________.

Question 6
6.

The speed of sound varies depending on many factors including temperature, pressure, and humidity, but it is typically found to be approximately 550 m/s. What is the frequency of a sound wave with a wavelength of 0.2 m?

Question 7
7.

Many new headphones on the market are called "noise reducing" because they take sound waves that come in from the outside and add a sound wave to it that is exactly opposite (out of phase) to it; these add together to make no noise. This is a good example of sound wave ______________________.

Question 8
8.

The part of the wave that measures the distance from the middle to the top of the crest is a wave’s ______________.

Question 9
9.

An echo is an example of sound wave ______________.

Question 10
10.

Lable the: Crest, trough, Amplitude, wavelengh

Question 11
11.

In a ____________________ wave the matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels.

Question 12
12.

The ___________ of a wave is how many wavelengths pass a fixed point each second.

Question 13
13.

In a transverse wave, the higher the amplitude, the ___________ energy it carries.

Question 14
14.

What type of wave is a sound wave?

Question 15
15.

Lable the compression and rarefaction

Question 16
16.

Reflection occurs when a wave strikes an object and __________ off of it.

Question 17
17.

The angle of incidence of a wave is always equal to the angle of _____________.

Question 18
18.

______________ is the bending of a wave as it moves from one medium to another.

Question 19
19.

_______________ when two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave.

Question 20
20.

As wavelength increase, the frequency of the wave _______________.