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Unit 8: Lesson 1- Sound Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A change in pitch due to moving towards or away from a sound wave is called...

a)

doppler effect

b)

amplitude

c)

pitch

d)

decibel

2.

Your ear's perception of high and low frequency sounds is called

a)

amplitude

b)

pitch

c)

volume

d)

decibel

3.

The unit used for measuring volume or loudness.

a)

frequency

b)

meter

c)

decibel

d)

hertz

4.

The strength or weakness of a sound is called

a)

frequency

b)

pitch

c)

amplitude

d)

volume

5.

A series of rarefactions and compressions traveling through a substance is called a

a)

sound wave

b)

frequency

c)

light wave

d)

photon

6.

The part of a longitudinal wave in which the particles of matter are closer together.

a)

rarefactions

b)

compressions

c)

medium

d)

vacuum

7.

The part of a longitudinal wave in which the particles of the medium are farther apart.

a)

compression

b)

medium

c)

rarefaction

d)

echo

8.

A wave in which the particles in matter move back and forth in the same direction that wave moves.

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

echolocation

c)

light wave

d)

longitudinal wave

9.

The number of waves or vibrations that pass a given point per second.

a)

frequency

b)

pitch

c)

amplitude

d)

volume

10.

The highest point of a wave form its resting point.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

pitch

d)

decibel