Sound review

What is sound? (pick best choice)

• a type of energy you can touch

• a type of energy you can hear

• a type of energy you can taste

• a type of energy you can see

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_________________ vibrations make sounds with low pitches.

• slow

• fast

A rapid back and forth movement

• sound

• vibration

• pitch

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How high or low a sound is

• volume

• sound

• vibration

• pitch

__________________ vibrations make sounds with high pitches

• fast

• slow

In your investigation, which statement was true about the pitch of the thicker rubber band in comparison to the thinner rubber band? The pitch of the thicker rubber band was....

• it was higher

• it was lower

• it was louder

• it was softer

Which of the following describes the pitch of a gorilla?

• its pitch is high because its vocal cords vibrate quickly

• its pitch is low because its vocal cords vibrate quickly

• its pitch is high because his vocal cords vibrate slowly

• its pitch is low because its vocal cords vibrate slowly

If a guitarist was trying to make a high pitch sound. What 2 things could he do?

• tighten the cord and pluck a thicker cord

• loosen the cord and pluck a thinner cord

• tighten the cord and pluck the thinner cord

• loosen the cord and pluck the thicker cord

John plays guitar. When he plays the highest string, he hears a sound. To hear a lower-pitched sound from the same highest string, what should he do?

• tighten the string

• loosen the string

• play the string harder

• play the string more softly

Students are making rubber bands vibrate. If one rubber band is thinner than another, what happens to the pitch?

• it is the same

• it is higher

• it is lower

• it is louder

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