NSCI/PSYC 225 EXAM 3 UNC UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. Sound (physical definition)
Answer:
sound is pressure changes in the air or other medium
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2. Sound (perceptual definition)
Answer:
the experience we have when we hear
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3. condensation
Answer:
increase in pressure pushes particles together
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4. rarefraction
Answer:
decrease in pressure causes particles to spread out
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5. frequency
Answer:
How many wave peaks pass a certain point per given time
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6. amplitude of a wave
Answer:
the maximum displacement of the medium from its rest position
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7. waveform
Answer:
timbre
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8. pure tone
Answer:
a tone of a single frequency (rare)
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9. Hertz (Hz)
, Answer:
Unit of measurement for frequency
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10. frequency is the __________ of wavelength.
Answer:
inverse
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11. wavelength is to color as frequency is to
Answer:
pitch
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12. amplitude determines... (sound)
Answer:
loudness
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13. tone chroma
Answer:
a sound quality shared by tones that have the same octave interval
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14. 1 hertz
Answer:
1 cycle per second
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15. Human Hearing Range
Answer:
20-20,000 Hz
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16. humans hear best at
Answer:
1000-5000hz
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17. amplitude (sound definition)
Answer:
the pressure difference between the atmospheric pressure and the maximum pressure of the wave
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18. Amplitude is measured in
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Sound (physical definition)
Answer:
sound is pressure changes in the air or other medium
Question:
2. Sound (perceptual definition)
Answer:
the experience we have when we hear
Question:
3. condensation
Answer:
increase in pressure pushes particles together
Question:
4. rarefraction
Answer:
decrease in pressure causes particles to spread out
Question:
5. frequency
Answer:
How many wave peaks pass a certain point per given time
Question:
6. amplitude of a wave
Answer:
the maximum displacement of the medium from its rest position
Question:
7. waveform
Answer:
timbre
Question:
8. pure tone
Answer:
a tone of a single frequency (rare)
Question:
9. Hertz (Hz)
, Answer:
Unit of measurement for frequency
Question:
10. frequency is the __________ of wavelength.
Answer:
inverse
Question:
11. wavelength is to color as frequency is to
Answer:
pitch
Question:
12. amplitude determines... (sound)
Answer:
loudness
Question:
13. tone chroma
Answer:
a sound quality shared by tones that have the same octave interval
Question:
14. 1 hertz
Answer:
1 cycle per second
Question:
15. Human Hearing Range
Answer:
20-20,000 Hz
Question:
16. humans hear best at
Answer:
1000-5000hz
Question:
17. amplitude (sound definition)
Answer:
the pressure difference between the atmospheric pressure and the maximum pressure of the wave
Question:
18. Amplitude is measured in