Physics of Music

What does pitch depend on?

• amplitude 
• frequency
• intensity 
• volume of sound

A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency

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Being able to tell different sounds apart is called

• sound amplification
• sound discrimination
• vibration
• frequency

When you make sounds by plucking a rubber band, you make the rubber band move back and forth very quickly.  This movement is called.

• loudness
• amplitude
• pitch
• vibration

The highness or lowness of a sound is the

• pitch
• loudness
• vibration
• resonance

The loudness of a sound is called

• the sound wave
• the volume
• the amplitude
• the pitch

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If you roll a large sheet of paper into a funnel, you can hear the sound better.  This process of increasing the loudness of a sound is called

• measuring a wave
• absorption
• reflection
• amplification

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Which of the following would produce the highest pitch?

• phone
• whistle
• truck horn
• dog's growl

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

• A type of gas, like helium

• Empty space

• A metal such as iron

• Water

When you make sounds by plucking a rubber band, you make the rubber band move back and forth very quickly.  This movement is called.

• loudness
• amplitude
• pitch
• vibration

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