Sound Vocabulary Review

Measure of how high or low a sound is

• amplitude

• compression

• speed of sound

• pitch

What is volume?

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

• the number of vibrations per second

• vibrations

Sound is caused by? 

• force

• vibrations

• instruments

A form of matter that sound travels through

• Volume

• Medium

• trough

• crest

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What is vibration in the context of sound?

• The loudness or softness of a sound

• A type of sound wave

• The back and forth motion of an object

• The speed of a sound wave

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What does pitch refer to in sound?

• How loud or soft a sound is

• How high or low a sound seems to a person

• The speed of the vibration

• The direction of the sound

The reflection of sound waves off of a hard surface can create ______.

• wave

• echo 

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Sound is produced by

• Rotation

• Vibration

• Movement

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The two parts of a longitudinal wave are:

• compression and rarefaction

• amplitude and frequency

• pitch

• None of the above

Sound moves in a _________.

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

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