Sound Energy

Measure of how high or low a sound is

• amplitude
• compression
• speed of sound
• pitch

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What produces the highest pitch?

• the slowest vibration of sound

• the fastest vibration of sound

Mrs. Waldrop is teaching her class about sound vibrations, which of these could she show to prove this?

• making a high pitched sound

• playing an instrument

• listening to loud and soft music

• holding a tuning fork over water

How can you hear sound underwater?

• it travels in waves

• it is electrical energy

• it contains no energy

• it reflects off the surface

When rubbing your finger on the edge of a glass of water, it vibrates to make sound. How could you make you make the sound of the pitch lower?

• move your finger faster

• mover your finger slower

• put less water in the glass

• add more water to the glass

Sound is made up of _________ that move through matter. 

• vibrations
• sounds
• energy
• volume

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When tighten the string on a guitar, what effect does this have on the sound?

• the pitch becomes lower

• the pitch becomes higher

• the sound becomes softer

• the sound becomes louder

Sound is caused by?

• friction

• vibrations

• instruments

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What would happen if you tighten the strings on a guitar?

• it would make a low pitch sound
• it would make a high pitch sound
• it produces a slow vibrations
• it produces low frequency

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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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