Sound Vocabulary Quiz 2024

What is the measure of a sound wave's height?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Echo

• Decibel

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A way to measure how loud a sound is called ______.

• Echo

• Frequency

• Decibel

• Pitch

What do you call a sound that you hear again after it bounces off something?

• Echo

• Vibration

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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The number of wave cycles per second is known as ______.

• Frequency

• Volume

• Pitch

• Hertz

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Hertz is a way to measure how many times something happens in one ______.

• Minute

• Hour

• Second

• Day

What is a substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another?

• Medium

• Echo

• Vibration

• Frequency

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A sound that is quiet or not clear is described as ______.

• Loud

• Muffled

• High-pitched

• Echoing

The highness or lowness of a sound is called ______.

• Volume

• Pitch

• Amplitude

• Frequency

The back-and-forth motion of an object is known as ______.

• Vibration

• Echo

• Frequency

• Wavelength

The measure of how loud or soft something sounds is called ______.

• Volume

• Pitch

• Frequency

• Amplitude

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