Sound Vocabulary Review

Sound is caused by? 

• force
• vibrations
• instruments

Measure of how high or low a sound is

• amplitude
• compression
• speed of sound
• pitch

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What is volume?

• how high or low a sound is
• the loudness or softness of a sound
• the number of vibrations per second
• vibrations

A form of matter that sound travels through

• Volume

• Medium

• trough

• crest

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Which of these materials transmits sound fastest?

• water in a pool

• a metal rod

• air in a balloon

• empty space

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A student plans to investigate how sound changes when 4 bottles with different amounts of liquid are struck with a mallet. In which order must the bottles be placed so that the sound changes from a low pitch to a high pitch?

• A,B,D,C

• B,A,D,C

• B,C,A,D

• C,D,B,A

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Blowing through a straw will produce a sound. Which straw will make the highest pitch?

• The thinnest straw

• The thickest straw

Sound travels through solids, liquids AND gasses.

• True

• False

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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 would produce low volume sound

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In which medium will sound travel slowest?

• air
• water
• glass
• salt water