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Ultrasound is:
Sound with frequencies above human hearing (above 20,000 Hz)
Sound with frequencies below human hearing (below 20 Hz)
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Bats naturally produce ultrasound for:
(Select all that apply)
Echolocation
Communication
Scaring away predators
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Ultrasound can be produced using a:
Speaker
Microphone
Light
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Ultrasound is:
Harmful radiation
Safe
Harmful sound vibrations
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thickness / loudness / time
Ultrasound reflects off of the boundaries between mediums of different densities.
The taken for ultrasound to bounce back to the receiver can be used to calculate the of the medium.
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reflect / cracks / solid
Ultrasound can be used to check for in products. The ultrasound would off of the crack and be detected.
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distance / sonar / boats
Ultrasound is used as by and submarines. By reflecting the ultrasound off the sea floor, we can calculate the from the sea floor.
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Ultrasound travels at 1500 m/s in seawater.
It takes 4 seconds before for a pulse of ultrasound emitted from the submarine towards the seafloor is detected again.
What is the distance between the submarine and the sea floor?
m
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