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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
4. How are pitch and frequency related?
They are directly proportional-high frequency, high pitch-low frequency, low pitch
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
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
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How are sound waves produced? they are produced by a vibration that occurs in a medium
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