Sound Wave Quiz Review

As the fire truck approached Mary, the pitch of the siren got higher. Once the fire truck passed and moved away, the siren's pitch got lower. This change in pitch is because of a change in the sound wave's

• concussion. 
• amplitude. 
• reflection.
• frequency. 

Sound is produced by

• music
• vibrations of molecules
• Electromagnetic Waves 
• Transverse Waves 

What is a pitch?

• highness or lowness of a sound
• the intensity of a vibration
• the amplitude of the sound wave
• volume of sound

Sound is a form of _________________ that travels as waves through a ________________.

• light/ transparency
• energy/ vibration
• energy/ medium
• frequency/ medium

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A reflected sound wave

• frequency
• pitch
• echo
• rarefaction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What does pitch depend on?

• amplitude 
• frequency
• intensity 
• volume of sound

True or False: Sound travels faster through solids than through liquids

• True 
• False

Which of the following can sound travel through?

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

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Sound travels as a ___________ wave. 

• longitudinal
• transverse
• water
• slinky

A sound wave can travel through a vacuum or empty space.

• True
• False