Mission SM2: Characteristics of Sound Waves

Mission SM2 pertains to commonly-used characteristics of sound waves like amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and speed. The mission consists of 35 questions organized into 9 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
 

Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to identify and describe the characteristics of amplitude, wavelength and frequency for a sound wave.
• The student should be able to identify factors effecting (and not effecting) the speed of a sound wave.

 

Launch Mission SM2

 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Sound and Music Unit, Lesson 2, Part a
 

The Physics Classroom, Sound and Music Unit, Lesson 2, Part b
 

The Physics Classroom, Sound and Music Unit, Lesson 2, Part c

 

• What characteristic of a sound wave is associated with the relative loudness?
• What characteristic of a sound wave is associated with the pitch of the sound?
• What does the wavelength of a sound wave (or any pressure wave) refer to?
• What is true of a long-wavelength wave that is NOT true of a short-wavelength sound wave?
• What variables would effect the speed of a sound wave?
• For the movement of sound through the same medium, how does an alteration in frequency effect the wavelength and the speed of the sound wave?
• How is frequency, wavelength and speed related to each other?

 

Video Tutorials:

None available at this time.

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: