characteristics of sounds

Which of the following best describes a high frequency sound? It has___ .

• low pitch

• high pitch

• low energy

• A and C

The loudness of sound is directly related to the sound waves’

• speed

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

Which of the following statements regarding pitch is TRUE?

• Pitch is inversely proportional to frequency.

• The higher the frequency of sound, the higher the pitch is

• Pitch is directly determined by the speed of propagation of sound.

• The A key on the piano, tuned at 440 Hz, does not necessarily have the same pitch as a tuning fork vibrating at 440 Hz.

Sound quality is related to­­­­______

• the frequencies that make up the given sound wave

• the loudness of each frequency component

• the source of sound

• all of the above

A tighter string of guitar would give rise to sound waves that are _______.

• that can propagate faster

• whose rarefactions are farther apart

• with higher pressure in regions of compression

• with shorter periods of cycles of compressions and rarefactions