Exam 6: Waves and Sound

A disturbance in particle motion parallel to the wave velocity is called a

For a standing wave in a rope or string,the points that remain stationary are called ______________.

What is the frequency of yellow-green light that has a wavelength of 550 nm?

A Doppler red shift indicates

Sounds with frequencies higher than the human ear can detect are in the ______________ range.

Light can travel to Earth from a distant star,but sound cannot.Why is this?

The region of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies just greater than those in the ultraviolet region is the ______________ region.

A Doppler red shift indicates

If a wave has a frequency of 15 Hz,it has a period of

The region of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths just greater than those in the infrared region is the ______________ region.

Watts per square meter is a unit for measuring the ______________ of a sound wave.

Which of the following sound frequencies lie(s)outside the audible range?

Which of the following radiations has the greatest frequency?

Sound is a(n)______________ wave.

The audible range of sound is from 20 Hz to ______________ kHz.

A sound with a frequency of 1000 Hz is in the ______________ region of the sound spectrum.

A wave in which the particle displacement is perpendicular to the wave motion is called a(n)______________ wave.

A sound with a frequency of 11 Hz is in the ______________ region of the sound spectrum.

For a wave with a constant speed,the greater the frequency of the wave,the ______________ its wavelength.

If a piece of ribbon were tied to a stretched string carrying a transverse wave,how would the ribbon be observed to oscillate?