Sound

What wave characteristic determines the loudness of a sound?

• frequency

• speed

• wavelength

• amplitude

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What are you doing when you're making sound?

• Causing photons to travel.

• Causing air molecules to vibrate.

• Causing electromagnetic waves to radiate.

• Causing air pressure to drop.

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What is the relationship between frequency and sound?

• Frequency affects a sound's volume

• Frequency affects a sound's amplitude

• Frequency affects a sound's loudness

• Frequency affects a sound's pitch

Sound travels in-

• packs

• circles

• waves

• minivans

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How does the medium through which sound travels affect its speed?

• Sound travels faster in solids than in liquids or gases

• Sound travels faster in gases than in solids or liquids

• Sound travels at the same speed in all mediums

• Sound cannot travel through solids

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Match the following

• depends on how FAST the source of the sound is vibrating.

• Intensity

• is the RATE at which the wave's energy flows through a given area.

• Frequency

• is a PHYSICAL response to the intensity of sound modified by physical factors.

• Loudness

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A student has a rubber band stretched across a box with a large hole, as shown in the image. The student is plucking the rubber band to make a sound. Which question would be best for him to use in a scientific investigation?

• How long and wide is the box?

• How much do the materials cost?

• How does the color of the box affect the pitch when plucked?

• How does the length the rubber band is stretched affect the pitch when plucked?

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Match the following types of sound:

• detectable by the human ear

• ultrasonic

• too slow for the human ear to detect

• infrasonic

• too fast for the human ear to detect

• audible

Sound is a form of 

• energy

• light 

• frequency

• pitch

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