Sound Waves Review

If you strum a guitar string, it will change the pitch.

• True

• False

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Waves are:

• how sound vibrations travel through the air

• how sound vibrations travel

• sound vibrations

• at the beach

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What is an oscilloscope?

• a camera

• a machine that plays music

• a machine that measures sound waves

• a computer

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Is this picture high pitch or low pitch?

• High pitch

• Low pitch

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You cannot hear sound in space.

• True

• False

What does an eardrum do?

• It is attached to your ear

• It helps you hear vibrations

• It helps you hear

• Vibrations from a sound go into your ear and make this part of your ear vibrate

The measure of how high or low a sound is:

• the intensity

• the size of the wavelength

• how loud or soft a sound is

• the pitch

Low pitches are produced by objects vibrating _______________.

• quickly
• slowly

Sounds can travel short distances underwater.

• True

• False

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