Sound Vocabulary
Pitch and Volume
What is in this picture?
True or False About Sound
Sound Coding
100
Pitch
How high or low a sound is when you hear it
100
If there were a HIGH pitch sound, what would the sound wave look like?
100
What is this called?
100
True or False. You can hear the sound of a drum under water.
Truw
100
How can you create a sound code? Give an example.
Tapping, humming, snapping, clapping, ... to show a pattern of sounds that represent a word or code.
200
Volume
How LOUD a sound is
200
If there were a LOW pitch noise, what would the sound wave look like?
200
What would happen if a loud speaker was being played right next to a window? 
Sound waves from the speaker will vibrate, causing the air near the speaker to vibrate, and causing the window to break possibly.
200
True or False. You can hear a drum in outer space.
False! You cannot hear sound in outer space.
200
How can you give a visual code? Give an example.
Blinking, hand gestures, colors, numbers, .... to represent words or a code.
300
Sound Wave
The way sounds travel in an up-and-down pattern
300
What is the difference between pitch and volume?
Pitch is how high or low a sound is, and volume is how loud a sound is.
300
What kind of PITCH would this instrument make?
High pitch
300
True or False. Sound waves can travel through air, water, walls, and wood.
True, sound can travel through solids and liquids.
300
Using your cup phones, how can you communicate WITH A SOUND PATTERN using the cups and string.
Options: 1. A pattern of sound where a pattern of short and long sounds is used to represent different letters or words. (short sound = yes, long sound= no)
2. Using all the same sounds with pauses in between (tapping).
3. A code that uses sound pitches as a communication pattern. (high and loud sounds to communicate)
400
Wavelength
The distance between two points of a wave
400
What kind of PITCH does this instrument make?
Low pitch