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PHYSICS: waves
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1. How are sound waves produced?
they are produced by a vibration that occurs in a medium
2. Can sound waves travel through a vacuum?
Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum because sound waves need air molecules to move through
3. What is the range of frequencies humans c...
20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
4. How are pitch and frequency related?
They are directly proportional-high frequency, high pitch-low frequency, low pitch
5. What are three factors that affect the sp...
humidity windtemperature
6. Sound waves travel fastest in which mediu...
They travel faster in solids because solids are a dense medium
7. What defines a longitudial wave?whats an ...
It is a wave that's vibration runs parallel to the direction that the wave is moving.An example is a soundwave
8. What determines the loudness of a wave
its amplitude
9. What is a wave
a wave is produced by a vibration that produces a disturbance that is then transmitted through a medium
10. What are possible mediums?
Liquids, gases, solids, and vacuums
How are sound waves produced? they are produced by a vibration that occurs in a medium
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