What is Sound

What is Sound

by DIon Dubois

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A wave is a disturbance that transfers _____ from one place to another.

• Water

• Air

• Matter

• Energy

• Electrons

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What kind of waves vibrate our eardrums so we can hear?

• Microwaves

• Water Waves

• Light Waves

• Sound Waves

• Radio Waves

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What kind of waves require some sort of medium to travel through?

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• All of the above

• None of the above

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What kind of waves can travel through a vacuum?

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• All of the above

• None of the above

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What kind of waves transfer energy?

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• All of the above

• None of the above

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How does sound travel?

• by vibration

• by air

• it starts with the mechanical movement of the molecules

• by the space

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What is vacuum?

• is the space

• is a chamber with molecules and particles

• is a space where there is no molecules,no matter , no vibration

• is a space where there is no sound

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What is frequency?

• is a unit to measure the sound

• the waves in the sound

• the particles traveling through the three stages of matter

• is the matter

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How is the loudness of sound measure?

• by vibration

• by volume

• by a higher pitch

• by waves

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A sound that bounces off a surface is called an ________.

• loud sound
• echo
• repeat
• quiet sound

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Matter that carries sound waves is called a _________

• low
• high
• medium
• surface

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A back and forth movement of matter

• volume
• vibration
• pitch
• frequency

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how high or low a sound is

• frequency
• volume
• vibration
• pitch

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Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

• Air

• Empty space

• Solid

• Water

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Sound is a form of?

• energy

• pitch

• volume

• force

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Sound does not travel in space because

• Space is too far away.

• There is no matter in space.

• Sound can be heard in space

• Space has planets.

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Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?

• Gas molecules are packed tightly.
• Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.
• Solid molecules are packed tightly.
• Gas molecules move slowly.

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What is frequency?

• the number of vibrations per second
• how high or low a sound is
• the loudness or softness of a sound
• the back and forth movement of matter

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Sound moves in a _________.

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Microwave

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Area of a longitudinal wave where particles are CLOSE together.

• Compression
• Rarefaction

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Area of a longitudinal wave where particles are APART. 

• Compression
• Rarefaction

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Which of these sound waves has the highest frequency?

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The distance from a point on one wave to the same point of another wave is the ____________________.

• wavelength

• amplitude

• vibration

• transmission

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Sound waves cause which part of your ear to vibrate first?

• eardrum

• hammer, anvil, and stirrup

• bones

• cochlea

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Your __________ vibrate when you talk

• stomach
• lips
• ears
• vocal cords

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____________ means that sound waves keep moving through materials to produce sound.

• Transmission

• Pitch

• Frequency

• Absorption

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The higher the_______ , the higher the ________ .

• frequency, pitch
• frequency, volume
• sound, pitch
• wavelength, decibels

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Matter that carries sound waves is called a _________

• low
• high
• medium
• surface

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What makes sound happen?

• Waves
• Vibrations
• Frequency
• Amplitude

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Will a LOUD sound will have a high or low amplitude?

• Low amplitude
• High amplitude

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True or False:
When sound is made, it moves out in all directions until it interacts with a material.

• True
• False

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Will sound be absorbed or reflected by these objects:
brick, concrete, glass, tile, wood

• Reflected
• Absorbed

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Will sound be reflected or absorbed by these objects:
hair, cotton, carpet, flag, pillow

• Reflected
• Absorbed

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Why will sound echo in an empty gym?

• Sound has nowhere to go
• There are only hard surfaces so sound only reflects
• Sound travels in waves
• Sound is unpredictable

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Which letter represents wavelength?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Which letter represents amplitude?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Which wave has a greater frequency?

• A
• B

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What is another name for wave height?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Origin

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What is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?

• mediums

• resting position

• wavelength

• origin

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If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to the wavelength?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

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What is the amplitude of this wave?

• 2

• 3

• 6

• 10

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What property does the orange arrow (A) represent?

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

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What property does the green arrow (B) represent?

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

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What type of wave is pictured?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Waving goodbye

• Stadium wave

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Material some waves travel through, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

• Trough

• Peak

• Wavelength

• Medium

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Material some waves travel through, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

• Trough

• Peak

• Wavelength

• Medium

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The length of a crest (peak) or trough measured from the middle line.

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Medium

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The distance between any two crests (peaks) or troughs.

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Transverse

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The number of times the wavelength occurs in one second, measured in units called hertz.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Medium

• Frequency

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What type of wave is pictured?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Wave, what wave?

• Slinky wave

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The high points of a transverse wave.

• Crest (peak)

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

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The low points of a transverse wave.

• Crest (peak)

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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Light waves and water waves travel in what type of waves?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

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This is an example of ______________________.

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

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What type of waves are these?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

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What type of frequency might shake objects in a room?

• A low frequency

• A high Frequency

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What type of frequency transfers more energy?

• High

• Low

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What type of frequency carries more energy?

• High

• Low

• They carry the same

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What happens when a tuning for is struck and placed in water?

• The pitch get higher

• Nothing happens

• It spashes or creates waves

• The pitch gets lower