Vocab
Characteristics of Sound
Sound Waves
Vibrations
Grab Bag
100
a form of energy you can hear
What is sound?
100
how high or low a sound is
What is pitch?
100
the direction that sound waves move as they leave their source
What is all directions?
100
how a drum vibrates
What is hitting?
100
How can you use sound to glorify God?
What is singing/ playing an instrument/ sharing about Jesus?
200
a rapid back-and-forth movement
What is a vibration?
200
how loud or soft a sound is
What is volume?
200
sound waves travel fastest through this kind of matter
What are solids?
200
how a harp vibrates
What is plucking?
200
the three main parts of the ear
What is the outer, middle, and inner ear?
300
when a sound wave bounces back and can clearly be heard again
What is an echo?
300
the difference in sound between a flute or clarinet, the characteristic of sound that helps you identify your friend's voice over the phone
What is quality?
300
sound waves travel the slowest through this state of matter
What is gas?
300
how a trumpet vibrates
What is blowing?
300
the part of your ear that is between the ear canal and the three small bones
What is the eardrum?
400
when a sound wave bounces back
What is reflect?
400
the characteristic of sound that is determined by how much force is used to create the sound wave
What is volume?
400
as sound waves move away from their source they spread farther apart so the sound becomes
What is quieter?
400
how a violin vibrates
What is rubbing?
400
name the 3 small bones in your middle ear
What is the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup?
500
when a sound wave is taken in
What is absorb?
500
the characteristic of sound that depends on how fast or slow the sound source is vibrating
What is pitch?
500
a sound wave is strongest _____
What is near its source?
500
four ways you can make vibrations
What is hitting, plucking, blowing, and rubbing?
500
If you play a violin and a cello which one will have the higher pitch, and why?
Violin, because it is smaller so the strings vibrate faster making the pitch higher.
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