Sound Vocabulary
Sound
Volume
Pitch
Misc.
100
This can be heard when objects vibrate.
What is sound?
100
What happens when an object begins to vibrate?
What is it makes a sound?
100
What is how loud or soft a sound is?
What volume?
100

How high or low a sound is?

What is pitch?

100

Sound is when __________ travels in the form of a wave?

What is energy?

200

The part of a sound wave where particles are closer together?

What is compression?

200
Sound can travel through all types of matter, but travels at different_________.
What is speeds?
200

If you blow soft on a recorder what will the sound be like?

What is slow vibrations will create a softer sound?

200

A shorter guitar string vibrates more quickly and makes a _____________ pitch.

What is high pitch?

200

This is when a sound travels through a surface.

What is transmission?

300
A quick back and forth movement of an object.
What is vibration?
300
What causes sound on a guitar?
What is the vibrations of the strings?
300

The amount of energy in a sound wave (How tall the wave is)?

What is amplitude?

300
A thicker string vibrates more slowly and makes a _______ pitch.
What is low pitch?
300

This is when sound waves disappear into a surface?

What is absorption?

400

The part of a sound wave where particles are more spread out

What is a Rarefaction?

400

Sound needs _______ to travel through and to be heard.

What is matter?

400

The best way for a drummer to increase the volume of his or her drumming would be to_____?

What is hit the drum with more force?

400
When wires are tightened, the results will be a ___________ pitch?
What is a higher pitch?
400

This is when sound waves bounce off a surface?

What is reflection?

500
How high or low a sound is.
What is pitch?
500

The part of the ear that vibrates allowing us to hear sound?

What is the eardrum?

500

The unit of measurement for volume?

What are decibals?

500

Another more scientific name for pitch is ____________ . 

What is frequency

500

Humans can hear from 20 Hertz to ________ Hertz.

What is 20,000?

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