Sound

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

• Air
• Empty space
• Metal
• Water

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What is vibration?

• how loud a sound is
• the back and forth movement of matter
• how high or low a sound is
• the loudness or softness of a sound

Sound is a form of? 

• energy
• pitch
• volume

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A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.

• louder
• softer
• higher
• lower

To make a sound from a stringed instrument louder you must

• hit it
• pluck it harder
• hold it higher
• pluck it softer

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Measure of how high or low a sound is

• amplitude
• compression
• speed of sound
• pitch

An object that does not vibrate cannot produce

• sound
• light
• heat
• electricity

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What is volume?

• how high or low a sound is
• the loudness or softness of a sound
• the number of vibrations per second
• vibrations

What medium does sound travel through slowest?

• gas
• solid
• liquid
• trees

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Sound does not travel in space because

• Space is too far away.
• There is no matter in space.
• Space is the final frontier
• Space has planets.