Sounds : Volume and Pitch

What is volume?

• The power of a sound.

• Something we measure in math.

• How low or high a sound is.

• How loud a sound is.

What is pitch?

• How loud or soft a sound is.

• How high or low sound is.

• When you throw a baseball.

• The sound that you hear.

Volume measures how low or high a sound is while pitch measures how loud or soft a sound is.

• True

• False

If a sound has a loud volume, it must have a high pitch.

• True

• False

If we describe a sound as loud, we are describing the ________.

• pitch

• noise

• volume

• vibrations

If we are describing how low or high a sound is, we are describing the ______.

• Pitch

• noise

• volume

• waves

A sound with a high pitch can have a ________ volume.

• low or high

• loud

• soft

• loud or soft

A sound with a soft volume can have a ________ pitch.

• loud or soft

• low or high

• low

• high

The vocal cords of a frog vibrate slowly. Based on this fact what must be true about the sound the frog makes?

• The sound the frog makes is loud.

• The sound the frog makes is low pitched.

• The sound the frog makes is high pitched.

• The sound the frog makes is quiet.

The vocal cords of a mouse vibrate very quickly. Based on this fact what must be true about the sound the mouse makes?

• The mouse makes a low pitch sound

• the mouse makes a quiet sound

• The mouse makes a high pitch sound

• The mouse makes a loud sound