All of the Following Are True Statements About Sound Waves

question 92

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true statements about sound waves except:

• A) they are produced by a disturbance pattern in air molecules.
• B) they gradually dissipate as they travel from the original sound source.
• C) the human ear can detect sound waves between 20 and 20,000 cycles per second.
• D) the average human ear is most sensitive to sound waves with frequencies between 5,000 and 10,000 cycles per second.
• E) they consist of alternating regions of air compression and rarefaction.

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