PhET Sound

PhET Sound

Assessment

Passage

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, HS-PS4-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jarom Grigg

Used 18+ times

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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WARNING: This activity involves steady tones at various frequencies and amplitudes that might bother some individuals and could potentially damage hearing. It is recommended that for this activity you use headphones with your volume turned down to a lower level.

Do you agree to be safe and respectful of yourself and others with this activity?

YES

NO

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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DIRECTIONS: Launch the "Intro" portion of the sim and locate the controls in the top-right corner. Check the box next to "Listener Audio," locate the frequency slider, and slide it back and forth.

QUESTION: Based on your observations, what property of sound is frequency responsible for?

volume

amplitude

pitch

genre

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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DIRECTIONS: NEXT, locate the amplitude slider, and slide it back and forth.

QUESTION: Based on your observations, what property of sound is amplitude responsible for?

volume

frequency

pitch

genre

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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DIRECTIONS: Click, hold, and drag the girl in the sim to various positions and observe how it affects the sound.

QUESTION: What happens to the audio as you move the girl to different locations?

volume changes

pitch changes

nothing changes

genre changes

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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QUESTION: Based on what you can see in the sim, how does the speaker change frequency?

random changes

by changing how hard it beats

by changing how fast it beats

it doesn't

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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QUESTION: How does the speaker change amplitude?

random changes

by changing how hard it beats

by changing how fast it beats

it doesn't

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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QUESTION: Which property is directly related to the distance between waves (wavelength)?

amplitude

frequency

volume

genre

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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