Year 4 Sound Quiz

What is the size of a vibration called?

• Amplitude

• Pitch

• Volume

• Sound wave

What is the measure of how high or low a sound is called?

• Amplitude

• Pitch

• Volume

• Sound wave

To make a sound louder, you need to increase the size of the

• instrument

• pitch

• particle

• vibration

How can you change the pitch of a sound on a string instrument? (Pick 2)

• By changing the amplitude

• By changing the volume

• By changing the length of the string

• By changing thickness of the string

High pitched sounds have ___________ vibrations

• faster

• slower

• louder

• quieter

What are solids, liquids, and gases made of?

• Ear

• Particles

• Distance

• Soundproof

What does it mean to soundproof something?

• To prevent sound from passing through

• To make it louder

• To change the pitch

• To put it in a box

What is a space where there are no particles called?

• Ear

• Particles

• Distance

• Vacuum

What part of the ear separates the outer ear from the middle and inner ear?

• Ear

• Particles

• Distance

• Eardrum

What happens when sound waves hit the eardrum?

• They make the eardrum vibrate

• They change into electrical signals

• They pass into the brain

• They create a vacuum