Sound Energy

Why can't humans hear sounds made by animals such as whales?

• Humans have a great range of sounds that can be heard.

• There are ultrasounds and infrasounds beyond human hearing.

• Whales live in the water where sound is unable to be transmitted.

• Whales are too large to make any sounds.

The measure of how high or low a sound is called its

• amplitude

• compression

• speed of sound

• pitch

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What is volume?

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

• vibrations moving through a medium

Why would a band want to have each of these different types of saxophones play in a concert?

• The music would be louder.

• That is the only way to get a wide range of sounds.

• More students would be able to participate.

• More pitches make the music sound better.

Energy produced by vibration

• Sound Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Light
  Light Energy

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Sound travels through solids.

• True

• False

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Which pair of terms best describes volume of sound?

• high and low

• loud and soft

• loud and high

• soft and low

Which uses a form of sound energy? 

• table 

• headphones

• water 

• lamp 

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What type of energy might wake you up in the morning? 

• light

• electrical 

• sound 

• heat

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Sounds are ...

• a type of force

• a type of electricity

• a type of magnet

• vibrations that travel through the air and can be heard by a person's ear.

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