period | | Vibration about an equilibrium position in which a restoring force is proportional to the displacement from equilibrium is _________. |
octave | | Intensity of the sound waves produced by a trumpet is .0012 when the trumpet is at a distance of 2.5 m. What is the power output of the trumpet? Assume sound waves are spherical. Round to a whole number. |
Sine | | When the amplitude is halved, the energy decreases by a factor of _____. |
Three | | ________ of almost every kind require a material medium in which travel. |
simpleharmonicmotion | | The number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time is ___________. |
Two | | The maximum displacement from equilibrium is ____________. |
directly | | A frequency shift that is the result of relative motion between the source of waves and an observer ____________. |
Compression | | Measurements show that the restoring force is _______ proportional to the displacement of the mass. |
wavelength | | The time it takes to execute a complete cycle of motion is _________. |
Four | | The distance between two adjacent similar points of the wave, such as from crest to crest or from trough to trough is ____________. |
Inversely | | A condition that exists when the frequency of a force applied to a system matches the natural frequency of vibration of the system is ___________. |
frequency | | Frequency and wavelength are ______ proportional. |
Ear | | The human ______ is divided into three sections. |
twenty | | The region of a longitudinal wave in which the density and pressure are greater than normal is ______________. |
Perpendicular | | A wave whose source vibrates with simple harmonic motion is called a _____ wave. |
amplitude | | The perceived highness or lowness of a sound, depending on the frequency of the sound waves is ___________. |
beat | | Unless struck very hard a tuning fork only vibrates at its ______________. |
fundamentalfrequency | | Sound waves that the average human can hear, called audible sound waves have frequencies between _______ and 20,000 Hz. |
Dopplereffect | | The interference of waves of slightly different frequencies traveling in the same direction, perceived as a variation in loudness is ____________. |
Pitch | | A string vibrates with a frequency of 197 Hz. Assuming the speed of sound in the air is 394 m/s. The wavelength of the sound waves produced by the string is ______. |
resonance | | The frequency of the thirteenth note is exactly twice that of the first note, and together the 13 notes constitute an __________. |
Waves | | In a transverse wave, vibrations are __________ to the direction of wave motion. |