Vocabulary
Vibration
Pitch
Sound Travels
The Ear
100
The ability to tell different sounds apart is called _______ __________
The ability to tell different sounds apart is called sound discrimination.
100
What is vibration?
Vibration is a shaking back and forth movement
100
What is pitch?
Pitch is the highness or lowness of a sound.
100
Does sound travel better through water or air?
Sound travels better through air.
100
Name one of the three tiny bones in your ear:
Hammer, anvil, stirrup.
200
Thinking about science, what is a property?
Properties are things we can see, taste, touch, smell, or hear (5 senses).
200
How is vibration related to sound?
In order for sound to be made there has to be vibration.
200
Which would produce the highest pitch: whistle, truck horn, or a dog's growl
Whistle
200
What three kinds of materials can sound travel through?
Solids, liquids, and gases. (wood, water, air, etc.)
200
What part of the ear produces earwax?
The auditory canal produces earwax.
300
When you hear the phone ring, what is the sound receiver?
Your ear is the sound receiver.
300
Name an object or thing that vibrates to create sound.
Voice box, strings on an instrument, speaker, etc.
300
If you played the tuba most of the sounds you create will be ______ in pitch.
If you played the tuba most of the sounds you create will be low in pitch.
300
Which would sound louder: A friend talking to you under water, talking to you across the lunch table, or talking to you through a listening tube?
The listening tube would be the loudest.
300
What part of your ear feels sound wave vibrations?
The ear drum.
400
What is the difference between pitch and volume?
Pitch: How high or low a sound is. Volume: How loud or soft a sound is.
400
The faster an object vibrates the _________ the pitch.
The faster an object vibrates the higher the pitch.
400
How does tension (tightness of a string) affect pitch?
The more tension the higher the pitch.
400
Give an example of sound traveling through a solid material (at home or an experiment we did)
Using the string phones, scratching our desks, scratching the dowels, hearing others through the wall, etc.
400
What are 2 ways to prevent hearing loss?
Protect your ears from loud sounds and dangerous objects: turn down music, wear earplugs, leave noisy places, wear a helmet, etc.
500
Name 3 sound sources:
School bell, fire alarm, speakers, voices, etc.
500
Speaker A has a high pitch, while Speaker B has a low pitch. Which speaker is vibrating the fastest?
Speaker A
500
String A is vibrating fast, while String B is vibrating slowly. Which string will have the lower pitch?
String B
500
If this room were filled with water, would you be able to hear the school bell? Why?
You could hear the school bell, because sound travels through water.
500
Which part of the ear (outer, middle, inner) is the hammer found in?
The hammer is in the middle ear.
M
e
n
u