Zachary English

Question 0

What is Pitch?

Answer 0

How high or low a sound is heard.

Depends of the frequency

Question 1

What is a Sound Wave

Answer 1

Longitudinal Wave
Caused by vibrations
Travels through a median

Question 2

What is Infrasound

Answer 2

Low frequency sound that can’t be heard by humans

Below 20 hertz

Question 3

What is Ultrasound?

Answer 3

Frequency higher then 20,000 hertz

Question 4

What is Resonance?

Answer 4

When two objects vibrate at the same frequency

Question 5

What is Intensity?

Answer 5

How fast the energy flows through a given area.

Question 6

What is a Decibel?

Answer 6

Unit used to measure intensity of a sound

Question 7

What is Fundimental Frequency

Answer 7

Lowest frequency produced

Question 8

What are Harmonics?

Answer 8

Whole number multiples of the fundimental frequency

Question 9

What is Sonar?

Answer 9

(Sound navigation and ranging)

Uses sound waves that bounce off objects and returns back to source. Can be used to determine distance of objects.

Question 10

What is the Basilar Membrane?

Answer 10

Long flexible membrane in the cochlea. Different parts of it vibrate at different natural frequencies.

Question 11

What is a Photon?

Answer 11

A unit of light

Question 12

Intensity?

Answer 12

Rate energy flows through a given space

Question 13

What is Radar?

Answer 13

(Radio detection and ranging) uses reflected radio waves to determine location and velocity of objects.

Question 14

What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?

Answer 14

The range of wavelengths over which electromagnetic radiation extends

Question 15

What is a light Ray?

Answer 15

Describes reflection and refraction.

Question 16

Virtual image?

Answer 16

Virtual image appears far behind a mirror when you are in front

Question 17

Real image?

Answer 17

Image formed by light waves that come together at a specific location.

Question 18

Diffuse Reflection?

Answer 18

Reflection of light in random directions

Question 19

Geometrical optics?

Answer 19

The study of light When light behaves like a wave

Question 20

Angle of reflections?

Answer 20

The angle of light rays reflecting off a surface

Question 21

Angle of incidence?

Answer 21

Same angle as rays striking the surface

Question 22

Law of reflection?

Answer 22

Th fact of the angle of incidence is the same is the same as the angle of reflection

Question 23

Normal?

Answer 23

Perpendicular line at the surface of the point where light hits the mirror

Question 24

Convex mirror?

Answer 24

Mirror that bulges out

Question 25

Concave mirror?

Answer 25

Mirror that caves in

Question 26

Total internal reflection?

Answer 26

When light meets at the boundary of two mediums

Question 27

What is a lens?

Answer 27

Transparent object that refracts lights.

Question 28

Magnification?

Answer 28

Bending of light that makes an object change in size

Question 29

What is a prism?

Answer 29

Transparent figure that has two or more planes that is at an angle with each other

Question 30

What is Dispersion?

Answer 30

Separation of waves with different frequencies.

Question 31

What's a Mirage?

Answer 31

Image reflected by light in Atmoshpere

Question 32

Converging lens?

Answer 32

Transparent object that bends light inward

Question 33

Focal point?

Answer 33

Small area where light rays come together and focus together