All About Sound
Sound Waves
Vocabulary
Pitch & Volume
Random
100
Name two animals that can hear on a higher frequency than humans.
dogs, cats, bats, and robins (to name a few)
100
What is the top of a wave called? What is the bottom of a wave called?
top-peak (or crest) bottom-trough
100
A form of energy that travels in waves and is produced and transmitted by vibrating matter is ___________.
sound
100
Give an example of a sound with high pitch.
(Listen to sound)
100

 _________ are the fundamental building blocks of all matter in the universe.

Atoms

200

What direction do sound waves travel in?

 sound waves travel in every direction.

200
What type of matter do sound waves travel best through? Why?
Sound waves travel best through dense solids because the molecules are close together.
200

_____________ determines how loud or soft a sound is.

Volume or Amplitude

200
Give an example of a sound with high pitch and low volume.
(Listen to sound)
200
What are the three Ocean Zones called

Sunlight, Twilight, Midnight

300
_____________ is created by vibrations.
Sound
300

Waves with a high pitch will look __________ together.

Closer.

300
What is wavelength?
The distance between a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave.
300
Give an example of a sound with low pitch and high volume.
(Listen to sound)
300
How is an echo created?
An echo is created when sound waves bounce off of something.
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! True or False. If there was a loud explosion in space we would not hear it.
True. There is no matter in space, so the sound waves would not have anything to bounce off of.
400

Waves with high amplitude will be ________ and produce a _________ sound.

Tall and loud

400
What is echolocation and give an example of who uses it.
The use of sonar by animals to find places and food. Bats and whales are two examples of animals that use echolocation.
400
Give an example of a sound with low frequency and high amplitude.
Sound should be low pitch and loud.
400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! A/an __________ is what sound travels through

A medium is a material that carries sound waves 

500
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it really make a sound?
Yes. The sound waves would be able to travel through the air, the solid ground, any other trees or plants, and water if there is a stream or lake close by.
500

Sound waves with low frequency and Low volume will be _________ apart and produce a _______ sound.

far, soft

500
What is sonar? Who uses it?
Using sound waves to detect and locate objects, especially underwater. It is used by people.
500
Explain which words are related: pitch, volume, amplitude, frequency.
A sound with high frequency has a high pitch. A sound with low frequency has a low pitch. A sound with high amplitude has a high volume. A sound with low amplitude has a low volume.
500

Energy in motion is called

Kinetic Energy

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