Sound Energy

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How is sound produced?

• By the vibration of particles

• By the transfer of particles 

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Sound is caused by? 

• force

• vibrations

• instruments

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What is vibration?

• how loud a sound is

• the back and forth movement of matter

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

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Sound is a form of? 

• energy

• pitch

• volume

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What is volume?

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

• the number of vibrations per second

• vibrations

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An object that does not vibrate cannot produce

• sound

• light

• heat

• electricity

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Measure of how high or low a sound is

• amplitude

• compression

• speed of sound

• pitch

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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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To make a sound from a stringed instrument louder you must

• hit it

• pluck it harder

• hold it higher

• pluck it softer

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A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.

• louder

• softer

• higher

• lower