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Vibration, Waves & Sound

Grade 8 · Middle School

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  1. Question 1 of 20Easy

    A regular back-and-forth motion through a balance point is called ...

  2. Question 2 of 20Easy

    The time needed to make one vibration is called ...

  3. Question 3 of 20Easy

    The number of vibrations per second is called ...

  4. Question 4 of 20Easy

    Sound waves are ... waves.

  5. Question 5 of 20Easy

    Sound that can be heard by humans has a frequency of ...

  6. Question 6 of 20Easy

    Sound cannot travel in a vacuum because ...

  7. Question 7 of 20Medium

    If the period of a vibration is 0.5 seconds, its frequency is ...

  8. Question 8 of 20Medium

    The relationship between period (T) and frequency (f) is ...

  9. Question 9 of 20Medium

    A wave whose vibration direction is perpendicular to its travel direction is called a ... wave.

  10. Question 10 of 20Medium

    A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Its speed is ...

  11. Question 11 of 20Medium

    The formula for wave speed is ...

  12. Question 12 of 20Medium

    Sound with a frequency above 20,000 Hz is called ...

  13. Question 13 of 20Medium

    Reflected sound heard after the original sound ends is called ...

  14. Question 14 of 20Medium

    The event where an object vibrates because another object vibrates at the same frequency is called ...

  15. Question 15 of 20Hard

    A pendulum vibrates 60 times in 30 seconds. The frequency of the vibration is ...

  16. Question 16 of 20Hard

    A wave travels at 340 m/s with a frequency of 170 Hz. Its wavelength is ...

  17. Question 17 of 20Hard

    When shouting in front of a cliff, the echo is heard 1.5 seconds after the original sound. If sound travels at 340 m/s in air, the distance to the cliff is ...

  18. Question 18 of 20Hard

    Vibrations with a very low frequency that some animals such as crickets can hear are called ...

  19. Question 19 of 20Hard

    A ship sends sonar to the seabed and receives the reflection after 2 seconds. If sound travels at 1,500 m/s in water, the depth of the sea is ...

  20. Question 20 of 20Hard

    In a tuning fork and air column resonance experiment, the first resonance occurs when the air column length is ... the wavelength.

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