Science
Vibration, Waves & Sound
Grade 8 · Middle School
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- Question 1 of 20Easy
A regular back-and-forth motion through a balance point is called ...
- Question 2 of 20Easy
The time needed to make one vibration is called ...
- Question 3 of 20Easy
The number of vibrations per second is called ...
- Question 4 of 20Easy
Sound waves are ... waves.
- Question 5 of 20Easy
Sound that can be heard by humans has a frequency of ...
- Question 6 of 20Easy
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum because ...
- Question 7 of 20Medium
If the period of a vibration is 0.5 seconds, its frequency is ...
- Question 8 of 20Medium
The relationship between period (T) and frequency (f) is ...
- Question 9 of 20Medium
A wave whose vibration direction is perpendicular to its travel direction is called a ... wave.
- Question 10 of 20Medium
A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Its speed is ...
- Question 11 of 20Medium
The formula for wave speed is ...
- Question 12 of 20Medium
Sound with a frequency above 20,000 Hz is called ...
- Question 13 of 20Medium
Reflected sound heard after the original sound ends is called ...
- Question 14 of 20Medium
The event where an object vibrates because another object vibrates at the same frequency is called ...
- Question 15 of 20Hard
A pendulum vibrates 60 times in 30 seconds. The frequency of the vibration is ...
- Question 16 of 20Hard
A wave travels at 340 m/s with a frequency of 170 Hz. Its wavelength is ...
- 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 ...
- Question 18 of 20Hard
Vibrations with a very low frequency that some animals such as crickets can hear are called ...
- 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 ...
- 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.