Sound

What is sound?

• How high or low a sound is

• Energy that travels in waves that you hear

• How loud or soft a sound is

• The number of waves that pass over a certain time

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How do we hear sound?

• Just because

• The vibrations of the sound wave move your head

• The vibrations of the sound wave move your eardrum

• The sound travels from air to water and into our ears

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What is frequency?

• How high or low a sound is

• Energy that travels in waves that you hear

• How loud or soft a sound is

• The number of waves that pass over a certain time

What is pitch?

• How high or low a sound is

• Energy that travels in waves that you hear

• How loud or soft a sound is

• The number of waves that pass over a certain time

How are pitch and frequency related?

• They have no relation

• Pitch is caused by the frequency of the sound

• Frequency is caused by the pitch of the sound

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If something has a high pitch,

• It has a high frequency

• It has a low frquency

What is volume?

• How high or low a sound is

• Energy that travels in waves that you hear

• How loud or soft a sound is

• The number of waves that pass over a certain time

How are sounds made?

• When something vibrates

• When oceans waves move

• When light waves hit your eyes

• Magic

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Give an example of how a sound is made

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What is a medium (in sound)?

• The size of clothes

• How high or low a sound is

• How loud or soft a sound is

• Matter that sound travels through

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