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| A compression and a rarefaction of a sound wave comprise one __________ of the wave. |
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| Any matter through which sound travels is known as a __________. |
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| A microphone converts changes in air pressure to an electrical impulse, which is called ______. |
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| the number of waves passing a single point in a specific time. |
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| The unit by which frequency is measured is the __________. |
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| Human beings perceive change in frequency as high or low sounds, or change in _______. |
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| The maximum displacement, or strength, of a wave is known as its __________. |
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| “The unit of measure expressing the intensity of a signal on a logarithmic scale” is the definition of the __________. |
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| The range of greatest sensitivity in human hearing falls between: |
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| The federal entity that regulates workplace noise levels is: |
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| Dividing the speed of a wave by its frequency will reveal its __________. |
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| A(n) __________ is the time required to complete one cycle of a wave. |
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| Simple waves and complex waves are the two broad categories of __________. |
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| The unit of measurement of phase is the __________. |
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| In mathematics, different exponents of the same base are called __________. |
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| Any ______ increase in loudness is double the actual sound power. |
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| This is a unit of pressure equal to one Newton of force acting uniformly upon a square meter. |
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| Two or more waves occupying the same space will have an effect on one another. This is called __________. |
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When two waves with identical phase occupy the same space and reinforce each others’
compressions and rarefactions, they are said to be __________. |
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What occurs when two waves are 180 degrees out of phase, and the compression of one
wave happens exactly as the rarefaction of the other? |
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| Rooms with lots of reflections are known as _________, while rooms with few reflections are called _________. |
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| Multiple reflections off of multiple boundaries are known as _______. |
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| A wave that has a lack of vibration at certain points, between which are areas of maximum vibration, are called __________. |
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| This is a place in a room that the source wave and its reflection are 180 degrees out of phase, creating a pocket of silence for that frequency. |
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| This is a place where the source wave and its reflection greatly reinforce each other because they are in phase. |
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This phenomenon occurs when the energy of a sound wave is absorbed into a boundary
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| What is known as the bending of a wave around the edge of a barrier? |
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