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SOUND WAVES VOCABULARY/ROOT WORDS

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

What is SOUND?

a)

The sensation perceived by the sense of hearing

b)

A LONGITUDINAL WAVE that is caused by vibrations and travels through a medium

c)

What you actually hear.


d)

How high or low the sound seems to a person.

2.

What is PITCH?

a)

The sensation perceived by the sense of hearing

b)

A LONGITUDINAL WAVE that is caused by vibrations and travels through a medium

c)

What you actually hear.


d)

How high or low the sound seems to a person.

3.

What is LOUDNESS?

a)

The sensation perceived by the sense of hearing

b)

A LONGITUDINAL WAVE that is caused by vibrations and travels through a medium

c)

What you actually hear.


d)

How high or low the sound seems to a person.

4.

What is a SOUND WAVE?

a)

The sensation perceived by the sense of hearing

b)

A LONGITUDINAL WAVE that is caused by vibrations and travels through a medium

c)

What you actually hear.


d)

How high or low the sound seems to a person.

5.

What are the 3 physical properties of SOUND MEDIUMS?

a)

frequency

b)

density

c)

temperature


d)

elasticity

6.

What is ELASTICITY?

a)

How hot or cold and object is.

b)

The ability of a material to bounce 

back after being disturbed.

c)

How much matter is in a specific amount of space.

d)

The apparent change in amplitude as a wave source moves in relation to the listener

7.

What is the DOPPER EFFECT?

a)

How hot or cold and object is.

b)

The ability of a material to bounce 

back after being disturbed.

c)

How much matter is in a specific amount of space.

d)

The apparent change in amplitude as a wave source moves in relation to the listener

8.

What is DENSITY?

a)

How hot or cold and object is.

b)

The ability of a material to bounce 

back after being disturbed.

c)

How much matter is in a specific amount of space.

d)

The apparent change in amplitude as a wave source moves in relation to the listener

9.

What is TEMPERATURE?

a)

How hot or cold and object is.

b)

The ability of a material to bounce 

back after being disturbed.

c)

How much matter is in a specific amount of space.

d)

The apparent change in amplitude as a wave source moves in relation to the listener

10.

What is measured in Decibles?

a)

Pitch

b)

Intensity

c)

Loudness

d)

Sound

11.

The number of vibrations per second is :

a)

frequency

b)

Intensity

c)

Loudness

d)

Pitch

12.

What is the amount of energy the wave carries per second through a unit of

area?

a)

frequency

b)

Intensity

c)

Loudness

d)

Pitch

13.

A simple substitution code made up of dots and dashes.

a)

Binary Code

b)

Morse Code

14.

A computer coding language made up of 0s and 1s.

a)

Binary Code

b)

Morse Code

15.

TRANS

a)

A root word that means togther

b)

A root word that means sound

c)

A root word that means across

16.

COM

a)

A root word that means togther

b)

A root word that means sound

c)

A root word that means across

17.

TON

a)

A root word that means togther

b)

A root word that means sound

c)

A root word that means across