Sound Waves

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Which of the following sound waves has the highest pitch and the lowest volume?

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Which of the following sound waves has the highest volume and the highest pitch?

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A sound wave is considered to be

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Dr. Hall has a 100 ml beaker (beaker A) with 50 ml of water in it and another 100 ml beaker (beaker B) with 75 ml of water in it. When she strikes each of them with the same force, which beaker produces the loudest sound?

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Mr. Raymakers strikes a 200 ml beaker containing 100 ml of water, making a sound of 500Hz. How can he make a sound of 800 Hz?

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Three old fashioned telephones were made using different materials to connect the paper cups. The densities of those materials are shown below

Which substance will transmit the sound the best between the paper cups?

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What device would an elderly person most likely have trouble hearing? (Assume each sound has the same decibel level.)

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Mr. Biengesner was so impressed with the pan flute he made one himself:

He blew on the red straw to make a sound. What would he have to do in order to make a sound that had a higher frequency and a lower amplitude?

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From figure 1 above, which letter shows the correct wavelength for the sound created
by the tuning fork?

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Two tuning forks are separately struck (with equal force) and touched to a hanging ping pong ball. One fork (Fork A) has prongs that are 2 cm long, while the other fork (Fork B) has prongs that are 4 cm long. Which of the following statements is true?

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Consider the tuning forks below:

Which one will produce a sound with the lowest frequency?

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If you tried to speak through a old fashioned telephone like the one above, which one fo the following would give you the clearest sound?

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How can you tell that a 200 Hz sound has less energy than a 300 Hz sound?