How things work college course/Waves (Physics Classroom)

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1 These two pulses will collide and produce

	positive interference
	negative interference
	positive diffraction
	negative diffraction

2 These two pulses will collide and produce

	positive interference
	negative interference
	positive diffraction
	negative diffraction

3 These two pulses will collide and produce

	positive interference
	negative interference
	positive diffraction
	negative diffraction

4 Two signals (dashed) add to a solid

	octave
	fifth
	dissonance

5 Two signals (dashed) add to a solid

	octave
	fifth
	dissonance

6 Two signals (dashed) add to a solid

	octave
	fifth
	dissonance

7 Why don't we hear beats when two different notes on a piano are played at the same time?

	The beats happen so many times per second you can't hear them.
	The note is over by the time the first beat is heard
	Reverberation usually stifles the beats
	Echo usually stifles the beats

8 A tuning fork with a frequency of 440 Hz is played simultaneously with a tuning fork of 442 Hz. How many beats are heard in 10 seconds?

	20
	30
	40
	50
	60

9 If you start moving towards a source of sound, the pitch becomes

	higher
	lower
	unchanged

10 If a source of sound is moving towards you, the pitch becomes

	higher
	lower
	unchanged

11 Why do rough walls give a concert hall a “fuller” sound, compared to smooth walls?

	Rough walls make for a louder sound.
	The difference in path lengths creates more reverberation.
	The difference in path lengths creates more echo.

12 People don't usually perceive an echo when

	it arrives less than a tenth of a second after the original sound
	it arrives at exactly the same pitch
	it arrives at a higher pitch
	it arrives at a lower pitch
	it takes more than a tenth of a second after the original sound to arrive

13 A dense rope is connected to a rope with less density (i.e. fewer kilograms per meter). If the rope is stretched and a wave is sent along high density rope,

	the low density rope supports a wave with a higher frequency
	the low density rope supports a wave with a lower frequency
	the low density rope supports a wave with a higher speed
	the low density rope supports a wave with a lower speed

14 What happens to the wavelength on a wave on a stretched string if the wave passes from lightweight (low density) region of the rope to a heavy (high density) rope?

	the wavelength gets longer
	the wavelength stays the same
	the wavelength gets shorter

15 When a wave is reflected off a stationary barrier, the reflected wave

	has lower amplitude than the incident wave
	has higher frequency than the incident wave
	both of these are true

16 Comparing a typical church to a professional baseball stadium, the church is likely to have

	reverberation instead of echo
	echo instead of reverberation
	both reverberation and echo
	neither reverberation nor echo