Sound Properties Review

If the wavelength of a sound wave is increased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

• It would have a lower pitch

• It would get softer

• It would get louder

• It would have a higher pitch

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If the wavelength of a sound wave is decreased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

• It would have a lower pitch

• It would get softer

• It would get louder

• It would have a higher pitch

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If the amplitude of a sound wave is increased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

• It would have a lower pitch

• It would get softer

• It would get louder

• It would have a higher pitch

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Sound waves can travel through all of the following EXCEPT

• a vacuum (empty space)

• air

• water

• steel

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The material through which a wave travels is called the ___.

• medium

• matter

• substance

• vacuum

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Quality of the sound related to the position of the notes in the staff.

• Pitch

• Duration

• Intensity

• Timbre

Waves with a high frequency have a ________________ sound

• high
• soft
• low
• amplitude

What is the first step in the hearing process?

• vibrations from the eardrum are passed to small bones
• the moving liquid bends tiny hairs in your inner ear
• The outside part of the ear catches the sound waves through the air
• the sound waves move down the auditory canal

Sound waves ________________ move through all kinds of matter

• cannot
• can

What does the speed of sound depend on?

• The wavelength of the wave
• The size of the medium
• The frequency of the wave
• The properties of the medium