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WorksheetsSound Pitch Wave
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
How are sound waves of lower pitches different from sound waves of higher pitches?
a)
They are longer
b)
They are shorter
c)
They are closer together
d)
They are farther apart.
2.
A piano tuner will tighten the strings of a piano so that the pitch will be
a)
louder
b)
softer
c)
lower
d)
higher
3.
A guitar can change its pitch. What do you do to the strings to make a higher pitch?
a)
loosen the strings
b)
tighten the strings
c)
pluck the strings harder
d)
pluck the strings softer
4.
Sound is a kind of energy made by
a)
heat
b)
vibrations
c)
cold
5.
Low pitch sound wave always has
a)
a longer wavelength
b)
a shorter wavelength
c)
small amplitude
d)
a high volume
6.
Sound travels faster through
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gas
7.
How do we observe sound?
a)
tasting
b)
smelling
c)
hearing
d)
seeing
8.
Which of the following best shows how sound waves travel?
a)
a branch on a tree moving
b)
a car speeding down the road
c)
a baseball hit by a bat
d)
a pebble dropped in a bowl of water
9.
The high or low of a sound.
a)
vibration
b)
frequency
c)
pitch
d)
amplitude
10.
Number of vibrations in an amount of time
a)
frequency
b)
vibration
c)
volume
d)
pitch
11.
The back and forth movement of matter.
a)
frequency
b)
vibration
c)
pitch
d)
volume
12.
Vibration that carries sound energy through matter.
a)
vibration
b)
frequency
c)
sound wave
d)
volume
13.
fill in the blank with the correct word in parenthesis.
A sound with high frequency has a ______ pitch.
A sound with high frequency has a ______ pitch.
a)
high
b)
low
14.
a sound with a high volume is _________.
a)
loud
b)
soft
15.
A _____ is a vibrational disturbance that involves mechanical motion of molecules transmitting energy from one place to another.
a)
sound
b)
wave
c)
vibration
d)
sound wave
16.
When a vibration passes through one complete up-and-down motion, from compression to rarefaction.
a)
one period
b)
one frequency
c)
one cycle
d)
one wavelength
17.
The number of cycles that a vibration completes in one second is expressed as ______
a)
period
b)
wavelength
c)
frequency
d)
cycle
18.
_____ is the relative tonal highness and lowness of a sound
a)
period
b)
pitch
c)
fequency
d)
loudness
19.
Frequency limits change with natural aging, particularly in the ____ frequencies
a)
lower
b)
medium
c)
higher
20.
Sound with frequencies below the low end limit of 20 Hz is called _____
a)
infrasonic
b)
ultrasonic
c)
supersonic
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