Sound I
The area of a sound wave where the particles are compressed very close together.
What is compression.
How sounds are made.
What is objects vibrating.
What kind of movements do musical instruments make to create sound?
What is vibrate?
What is rarefaction.
Sound travels fastest through a __________(gas, liquid, solid).
What is solid.
Number of wavelengths that pass each second.
What is frequency.
The higher the frequency of a soundwave, the higher the _________________________.
What is pitch.
String instruments like guitars or banjos produce sound by .....
Plucking the strings.
The distance from one crest to another crest in a sound wave.
What is a wavelength?
How a sound wave moves when it hits flat, firm surfaces, much of it is _______.
What is reflected.
How do woodwind instruments like clarinets, recorders, or saxophones produce sound?
They produce sound by blowing air into or across the mouthpiece.
The larger the object is the _______________ the pitch.
What is lower.
Sound waves are transverse or longitudinal?
What is longitudinal.
Sound would travel most quickly through which object: air, wood, outer space or water.
What is wood
How do percussion instruments like drums or cymbals produce sound?
By striking or shaking the instrument.
A system of communication that animals use underwater.
What is echolocation?
The pitch of an object is determined by its....
What is frequency?
When sound hits soft, thick, or uneven materials, much of the sound is ___________.
When sound hits hard, even materials, the sound is ____________.
Absorbed.
Reflected.