Vocabulary
Basics of Sound
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What's that noise?
Fun Challenge
100
The way sound travels in an up-and-down pattern
What is sound wave?
100
This is what we call energy that travels in waves and can be heard.
What is sound?
100
The _____________ makes the vibrations fast or slow
What is pitch?
100
This picture shows what a _______ pitch.
What is a high pitch.
100
You hear thunder after lightning because sound travels this compared to light (faster or slower).
What is slower?
200
A test used to discover new information about a question
What is an experiment?
200
This part of your body helps you hear sound
What is the ear?
200
The higher the ________________ the higher the pitch
What is frequency?
200
This picture shows a _______ pitch
What is a low pitch?
200
Sound cannot travel through this because there is no matter (air).
What is space (vacuum)?
300
How high or how low a sound is when you hear it?
What is pitch?
300
Loud sounds have these kinds of vibrations (big or small?).
What are big vibrations?
300
When you measure the height of a wave, you are measuring __________________.
What is amplitude?
300
A low amplitude means that the volume is __________
What is soft (quiet)?
300
A ruler on a desk makes sound when you flick it because it does this.
What is vibrate?
400
The distance between two points of a wave
What is wavelength?
400
High-pitched sounds have these kinds of vibrations (fast or slow?)
What are fast vibrations?
400
When this is too loud, it is not good for you ears.
What is volume?
400
The higher the _____________, the louder the volume.
What is amplitude?
400
Speaking through a cup and string works because sound can travel through this.
What is a string (solid).
500
A measure of how many waves go by you in a set amount of time
What is frequency?
500
These are tiny movements back and forth that create sound waves.
What is vibrations?
500
A _____________ is a device shows wave patterns
What is an oscilloscope?
500
The higher the frequency, the smaller the _____________
What is wavelength?
500
Soft sounds are made by these kinds of vibrations.
What are small vibrations?