front 1 What type of wave is a sound wave? | back 1 Longitudinal |
front 2 Sound is an example of a longitudinal wave caused by ... in the air. | back 2 vibrations |
front 3 What's amplitude measured in? | back 3 (decibeles)metres |
front 4 Which piece of equipment increases the size of a current produced in a microphone? | back 4 amplifier |
front 5 The amplitude | back 5 how loud the sound wave is |
front 6 What numbers are at the two ends of the decibel scale? | back 6 0-180 |
front 7 What does an oscilloscope show? | back 7 sound wave on a screen |
front 8 What does an oscilloscope measure? | back 8 voltage waves |
front 9 What type of current flows inside a loudspeaker? | back 9 electric |
front 10 Give characteristics of a wave that we can record using an oscilloscope: | back 10
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front 11 What is the top of the wave? what is regions of low pressure due to particles being spread further apart? | back 11 crest rerfaction |
front 12 What's the meaning of longitudinal? | back 12 Longitudinal means that the wave moves in the same direction that the particles in the air are vibrating. |
front 13 longitudinal wave | back 13 |
front 14 transverse wave | back 14 |
front 15 What is the amplitude? | back 15 the distance from the centre line (or the still position) to the top of a crest or to the bottom of a trough . |