Sound Waves
Musical Instruments
Pitch and Frequency
This and That
100
In order for sound to occur, this must be present.
What is matter?
100
In this family of instruments, sound is made by striking one solid object with another (drums, cymbals, xylophone).
What is percussion?
100
Some animals, such as bats, mice, dogs, and cats hear sounds that are ___________ pitch than what humans can hear.
What is higher?
100
Two animals that use echolocation
What are bats and whales [and/or porpoises, dolphins]?
200
In a sound wave, this is an area of tightly packed molecules.
What is compression?
200
In the human voice, these two straight elastic-like strings located in the throat are responsible for making sound
What are vocal chords?
200
Which of these two instruments will have the lowest pitch sound?
What is the bigger one or the bassoon?
200
The higher the frequency, the higher the _________
What is pitch?
300
The distance between two sound waves from crest to crest.
What is a wavelength?
300
In this family of instruments, sound is made by blowing into or across a mouthpiece, often with a wooden reed (clarinet, oboe, flute, piccolo)
What is woodwind?
300
This wave shows high frequency.
What is the red wave?
300
Sound travels the fastest through which type of matter?
What is solid?
400
This is the rapid back-and-forth motion of molecules.
What is vibration?
400
In this family of instruments sound is made by strumming or plucking a wire (violin, viola, cello, bass)
What is strings?
400
The pitch of this sound wave is-
What is low pitch?
400
Sound vibrations travel through __________ in the form of waves.
What is matter?
500
This term refers to the number of waves that occur during a second.
What is frequency?
500
Smaller instruments such as violins and flutes have a __________ pitch.
What is higher?
500
These sound waves vibrate faster and have short wavelengths.
What is a high frequency or high pitch sound wave?
500
The state of matter in which sound is transmitted slowest
What is a gas?