Properties of Sound

What makes sound happen?

• Waves
• Vibrations
• Frequency
• Amplitude

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What shape does sound travel in?

• Circle
• Wave
• Vibration
• Triangle

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

• Low amplitude
• High amplitude

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Does a high pitched sound have a high frequency or low frequency?

• High frequency
• Low frequency

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Would a low guitar sound have the string vibrating fast or slow? 

• Vibrating fast
• Vibrating slow

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What is the highness and lowness of sound?

• Vibration
• Pitch
• Frequency
• Wavelength

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What travels faster, light or sound?

• Light
• Sound

If you are playing an instrument filled with air, like the recorder, and you close the first hole, making the amount of air shorter, what will the pitch be?

• High pitch
• Low pitch

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What can sound NOT travel through?

• Solids
• liquids
• gases
• Vacuum (empty space)

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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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