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SOL5.5 Sound Vocab

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pass on

a)

transmit

b)

vacuum

c)

Transfer

d)

pitch

2.

Sound is produced by being struck or hit

a)

Percussion Instruments

b)

Woodwind Instruments

c)

Brass Instruments

d)

Stringed Instruments

3.

Form of mechanical energy produced and transmitted by vibrating matter.

a)

Produced

b)

Sound

c)

Frequency

d)

Medium

4.

The energy an object has due to its motion or position

a)

Compression Waves

b)

Substance

c)

Amplitude

d)

Mechanical Energy

5.

Sound is produced by blowing air across the reed attached to the mouthpiece of the instrument, vibrating the air down the tube of the instrument to produce sounds

a)

Stringed Instruments

b)

Woodwind Instruments

c)

Brass Instruments

d)

Percussion Instruments

6.

Different materials through which sound travels

(solid, liquid, gas)

a)

Amplitude

b)

Medium

c)

Vacuum

d)

Pitch

7.

Also called Longitudinal waves;

Disturbance moving through a medium

a)

Transmitting Waves

b)

Conditional Waves

c)

Trasnverse Waves

d)

Compression Waves

8.

A space without matter

a)

Rarefaction

b)

Medium

c)

Vacuum

d)

Compression

9.

Rapid movement back & forth or up & down

a)

Transmit

b)

Vibrate

c)

Transfer

d)

Produce

10.

The part of the sound wave where the particles are spread out

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Vacuum

d)

Amplitude

11.

Created

a)

Produced

b)

Transmitted

c)

Transferred

d)

Substance

12.

How high or low the sound is; determined by the frequency of a vibrating object

a)

rarefaction

b)

Trough

c)

Amplitude

d)

Pitch

13.

Sound is produced from one or more vibrating strings.  The three most common techniques to make the strings vibrate are plucking, bowing and strumming.

a)

Stringed Instruments

b)

Woodwind Instruments

c)

Brass Instruments

d)

Percussion Instruments

14.

The part of the sound wave where the particles are close together

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Vacuum

d)

Amplitude

15.

Sent

a)

Frequency

b)

Transferred

c)

Transmitted

d)

Produced

16.

The number of vibrations in a given unit of time

a)

Pitch

b)

Amplitude

c)

Frequency

d)

Vacuum

17.

make impact

a)

Strike

b)

Vibrate

c)

Pitch

d)

Sound

18.

Sound is produced by a vibrating column of air inside the instrument. The player makes this column of air vibrate by buzzing the lips while blowing air through a cup or funnel shaped mouthpiece

a)

Stringed Instruments

b)

Woodwind Instruments

c)

Brass Instruments

d)

Percussion Instruments

19.

Matter

a)

Substance

b)

compression

c)

rarefaction

d)

Vacuum

20.

Loudness/intensity of a sound

a)

Pitch

b)

Amplitude

c)

Compression

d)

frequency

21.

Surge of energy made by vibrations that travel as waves and require a medium

a)

Sound Waves

b)

Transverse Waves

c)

Rarefactions

d)

Compressions