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| What is the phase difference between the trough of a wave and the adjacent trough? |
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| Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the longest wavelength? Infrared, X-Ray, Radio, Gamma-Ray. |
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| Sound waves are what types of waves? |
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| Mechanical and Longitudinal |
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| The principle of superposition states the displacement of the medium is the algebraic sum of the displacements due to the individual ___________? |
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| How does the observed frequency, f(eff), compare to the rest of rest frequency, f, when a source is moving away from an observer at rest? |
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| The points on a standing wave that never move are called ___________. |
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| The spreading of waves behind an aperture is greater for wavelengths that are _________. |
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| The speed of a wave is a property of the __________. |
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| True or False: When wave pulses interact in a region of space, and then propagate away, the original wave pulses are unaltered. |
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| True or False: Sound travels slower at higher temperatures than lower temperatures for a given medium. |
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| False; sound travels faster at higher temperatures. |
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| For a wave pulse on a string to travel twice as fast, the string tension must be multiplied by a factor of ___________. |
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| The type of sound wave we can hear is _________. |
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| When a transverse wave pulse is reflected, its amplitude ___________. |
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| True or False: Sound waves can travel through a vacuum. |
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