Physical Science 11Th Edition By Bill Tillery - Test Bank

Physical Science 11Th Edition By Bill Tillery – Test Bank

 

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Chapter 05

Wave Motions and Sound

 

1. The restoring force of a stretched spring is proportional to the displacement of the object at the end.

TRUE

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Section: 05.01

Topic: Vibrations

 

2. The frequency is the time required for one complete cycle of a swinging pendulum.

FALSE

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Section: 05.01

Topic: Vibrations

 

3. Sound waves moving through air are transverse.

FALSE

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Section: 05.02

Topic: Waves

 

4. The amplitude of a wave is the distance from the crest to the equilibrium position.

TRUE

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Section: 05.03

Topic: Waves

 

5. Sound travels faster through cold, denser air than through warm, less dense air.

FALSE

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Section: 05.04

Topic: Sound

 

6. Piano tuners try to reduce the beat frequency between their tuning fork and the wire they are tuning.

TRUE

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Section: 05.04

Topic: Sound

 

7. A radio playing music at 20 dB intensity is twice as loud as one playing at 10 dB.

FALSE

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Section: 05.05

Topic: Sound

 

8. In resonance the amplitude of a vibrating source becomes larger.

FALSE

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Section: 05.05

Topic: Sound

 

9. The fundamental frequency of a vibrating string has a length that is 1/2 the wavelength.

TRUE

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Section: 05.06

Topic: Sound

 

10. When you are moving toward a stationary source of a sound, its frequency will appear lower than it actually is.

FALSE

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Section: 05.06

Topic: Sound

 

11. Through which medium will sound travel most rapidly?
12. vacuum
13. air
14. water
15. D. steel

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Topic: Sound

 

12. Sound waves in air
13. are longitudinal waves.
14. are produced by something vibrating.
15. undergo refraction when they pass through warm and cold air.
16. D. All of the above.

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Topic: Sound

 

13. The time that is required for a vibrating object to complete one full cycle is called
14. frequency.
15. wavelength.
16. amplitude.
17. D.

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Topic: Vibrations

 

14. Longitudinal waves with a frequency above 20,000 Hz are
15. impossible.
16. supersonic.
17. C.
18. infrasonic.

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Topic: Sound

 

15. If v = λf, then how are λ and f related?
16. λ is directly proportional to f
17. B. λ is inversely proportional to f
18. λ is a factor of f
19. λ and f are unrelated

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Topic: Sound

 

16. Transverse mechanical waves can pass through
17. A.
18. liquids.
19. gases.
20. All of the above.

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Section: 05.02

Topic: Sound

 

17. In longitudinal waves, the medium
18. vibrates in a direction perpendicular to the direction of motion of the wave.
19. B. vibrates in the same direction the wave is moving.
20. moves in sort of a circular motion.
21. doesn’t vibrate; the disturbance just moves through the medium.

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Section: 05.02

Topic: Sound

 

18. The characteristic of a sound wave that you interpret as loudness is related to
19. frequency.
20. wavelength.
21. C.
22. velocity.

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19. Reflected sound waves that are heard within 0.1 s
20. A. undergo a gain in volume.
21. make an echo.
22. cause interference.
23. make a beat.

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Topic: Sound

 

20. The higher the frequency of a sound wave
21. A. the higher the pitch.
22. the longer the wavelength.
23. the higher the velocity.
24. the greater the amplitude.

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21. A nearby noise level of 65 decibels is about the same as
22. a whisper.
23. a jet plane.
24. C. normal conversation.
25. a library.

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Topic: Sound

 

22. The bending of a wave passing through a boundary between two different substances is called
23. reflection
24. resonance
25. reverberation
26. D. refraction

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23. The lowest frequency possible in a vibrating string undergoing resonance is
24. the fundamental frequency.
25. determines the pitch of the musical note sounded.
26. has one antinode.
27. D. All of the above.

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Topic: Sound

 

24. When the trough of one wave collides at the same time and place as the crest of otherwise identical wave,
25. constructive interference occurs.
26. B. destructive interference occurs.
27. resonance occurs.
28. they don’t interact with each other.

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25. Suppose that you hold a vibrating 340 Hz tuning fork near a guitar string that is vibrating at 350 Hz. What you hear is
26. two separate tones of different frequency.
27. one tone with a frequency of 345 Hz.
28. C. beats with a frequency of 10 Hz.
29. one tone with a frequency of 690 Hz.

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26. What is the range of normal human hearing?
27. 200 to 120,000 Hz
28. 20 to 2,000 Hz
29. 50 to 10,000 Hz
30. D. 20 to 20,000 Hz

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Topic: Sound

 

27. Condensation in a longitudinal wave corresponds to what part of a transverse wave?
28. A. crest
29. trough
30. wavelength
31. amplitude

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28. Resonance occurs at a(an)
29. A. natural frequency.
30. intensity match.
31. point of constructive interference.
32. point of destructive interference.

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Topic: Sound

 

29. A sound that is perceived as twice as loud requires
30. twice the intensity.
31. four times the intensity.
32. C. ten times the intensity.
33. one hundred times the intensity.

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30. You are able to hear sounds from farther away on a cool night because sound waves are refracted toward
31. A. cooler air near the ground.
32. warmer air above the ground.
33. cooler air above the ground.
34. warmer air near the ground.

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Topic: Sound

 

Category                                                                                 # of Questions

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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding                                                                                                           2

Bloom’s Level: 3. Apply                                                                                                                         21

Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyze                                                                                                                     7

Gradable: automatic                                                                                                                               30

Section: 05.01                                                                                                                                         3

Section: 05.02                                                                                                                                         3

Section: 05.03                                                                                                                                         1

Section: 05.04                                                                                                                                         15

Section: 05.05                                                                                                                                         4

Section: 05.06                                                                                                                                         4

Topic: Sound                                                                                                                                          25

Topic: Vibrations                                                                                                                                    3

Topic: Waves                                                                                                                                          2