Properties of Sound Quiz

The term for how loud or soft a sound is:

• pitch
• volume
• sound
• medium

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The term for how high or low a sound is:

• pitch
• volume
• sound
• medium

Which feature of sound is determined by amplitude?

• Pitch
• Smoothness
• Loudness

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If the distance represented by the letter A (the amplitude) were increased, how would it change the sound?

• The sound would be higher. 
• The sound would be lower. 
• The sound would be softer. 
• The sound would be louder. 

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What is something natural that Sound cannot travel through?

• Water
• Air
• Liquids
• outer Space

What is changed in the second picture?

• Someone is talking louder in picture 2
• Someone is talking softer in picture 2
• Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
• Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2

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What is changed in the second picture?

• Someone is talking louder in picture 2
• Someone is talking softer in picture 2
• Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
• Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2

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What is changed in the second picture?

• Someone is talking louder in picture 2
• Someone is talking softer in picture 2
• Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
• Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2

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Sound waves travel as __________ waves.

• transverse

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• surface

In which of these types of media will sound travel fastest?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• vacuum

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