Waves of Sound

Sound is a form of:

• energy

• pitch

• volume

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Sound is produced when something ______________

• Vibrates
• Moves through empty space

What is vibration?

• how loud a sound is
• the back and forth movement of matter
• how high or low a sound is
• the loudness or softness of a sound

What is something natural that sound cannot travel through?

• Water

• Air

• Liquids

• outer Space

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The measure of how high or low a sound(not how quiet or loud) is

• amplitude

• compression

• volume

• pitch

The term for how loud or soft a sound is:

• pitch
• volume
• sound
• medium

When Mr. Allen yells his name in a cave, the sound reflects off the walls of the cave and travels back to his ears.  What is this called?

• refraction
• amplitude
• pitch
• echo

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When someone or something makes a sound in the room, how are the sound waves similar to ripples on a pond? 

• Sound waves are similar to ripples on a pond because they look similar and they both spread outwards. 
• Sound waves are similar to ripples on a pond because they look similar and spread inwards.

_______is back-and-forth movement of something. 

• Vibration
• Sound
• Pitch

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What kind of animal sound would create a wavelength like this?

• whale

• bird

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