Sound

What medium does sound travel through slowest?

• gas
• solid
• liquid
• trees

Sound is caused by....

• molecules
• vibrations
• people
• space

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is frequency?

• the number of vibrations per second
• how high or low a sound is
• the loudness or softness of a sound
• the back and forth movement of matter

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What medium (solid, liquid, gas) does sound travel fastest through?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If a sound has a high amplitude then it also has a ____________!!!

• fast echo
• slow pitch
• high volume
• low volume

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

High or low of a sound is called

• pitch

• patch

• amplitude

• loudness

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is volume of a sound?

• 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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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which diagram of a sound wave represents the sound with the highest pitch?

• A

• B

• C

• D