Sounds Waves
Sound Quality
Application of Knowledge
100

When an action is done against an object it creates __________. 

Vibrations

100

Volume (amplitude) is measured in ___________. 

Decibels 

100

If two guitar strings produce the same pitch, they must be ___________. 

Vibrating at the same rate. 
200

Vibrations travel in the form of a ____________. 

Wave (Sound wave)

200

Pitch (frequency) is measured in ____________. 

Hertz 

200

What would the pipe of an organ be like if it played the lowest sound?

Long and thick. 

300

True or False: What a sound wave looks like will vary based on the sound quality. 

True 

300

True or False: Timbre will NOT change the way a sound wave looks based on whether the sound is pleasant or not. 

False 

300

What action on a guitar would lower the pitch?

Loosening the string. 

400

Amplitude is determined by ____________. 

Volume 

400

We changed the volume of our straws by ________. 

Blowing into it harder or forcing more air through the straw. 

400

True or False: Vocal folds are the size of a dime. 

True

500

Frequency is determined by ____________. 

Pitch 

500

We changed the pitch of our straws by _________. 

Changing the length of it. 

500

State the order in which sound moves through matter slowest to fastest?

Gas, liquid, solid. 

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