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What is the difference between a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave? give an example of each.
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transverse is perdictular to direction and longitudinal is back and forth.
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Explain what the amplitude, frequency and wavelength of a wave are.
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Amplitude Is how high the wave goes up from the base line. Frequency is no cycles divided by secs. Wavelength is measure from crest to crest.
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A low-frequency sound is heard, and then a high-frequency sound is hear. Which sound has a longer wavelength?
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The low-frequency sound is longer. IF low has about 17 meters long while a 20,000 wave is about 1.7 meters.
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What usefull thing happens to a wave when it encounters a concave reflecting surface?
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the wave will reflect to a focas point.
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A person riding on a bus hears the sound from a horn on a car that is stopped. What is different about the sound when the bus is approaching the car compaired to when the bus is moving away from the car.
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Called doppler effect. it will get louder when you come to the car and get softer when you go away.
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Explain the process of echolocation. How is the Doppler effect sometimes incorporated?
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if you would time from the start of a sound from the time you make it to the time it reflects back you can find out how far away it is.
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If a boat is producing a bow wave as it moves over the water what must be true about its speed.
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the boat is moving faster than the wave speed.
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What is ultrasound and what is it used for.
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Ultrasound is more than 20,000 herz. used for nodistructive metal testing, cleaning teeth, cleaning rings,sonic weapontry.
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