Across
- 4. A box-like structure located at the top of your trachea.
- 6. First accurately measured the speed of sound through air.
- 8. Suspected that air was necessary to transmit sound.
- 10. The process of making a sound louder.
- 13. The distinctive sound of an instrument; the quality.
- 14. Human perception of the intensity of a sound wave.
- 16. How high or low an audible tone sounds to the human ear.
- 17. Sound needs a physical ______________ to travel through.
- 18. A large muscle that forms the floor of the chest cavity.
- 19. A device for detecting submerged objects by using sound.
- 20. A measure of the power contained in a wave.
- 21. The speed of sound is dependent on the ______________ of air.
- 24. The number of waves or cycles that occur per second.
Down
- 1. The fundamental tone and its overtones.
- 2. Sound having frequencies above the range of human hearing.
- 3. Sound having frequencies below the range of human hearing.
- 5. A region of lower density and pressure in a longitudinal wave.
- 7. The continuum of all possible sound waves.
- 9. The unit for measuring relative sound intensity.
- 11. Sound waves are _______________ waves.
- 12. A shorter, faster vibration (higher pitch) in addition to the fundamental tone produced by a vibrating structure.
- 15. A type of energy that can be transmitted through a medium.
- 22. Technology that uses ultrasound to create images of objects found inside other objects.
- 23. The longest (lowest frequency) standing wave produced by a vibration of a structure.