Sound Facts
Sound Investigations
Tools
Drop Codes
Extra! Extra!
100
Being able to tell different sounds apart is called what?
What is sound discrimination?
100
The investigation with the tuning fork showed us how sound is caused by...
What is vibration?
100
What was the name of the metal bar we tapped on wood to make vibrations?
What is a tuning fork?
100
Name at least 3 objects we used for the drop codes.
What is a game chip, foil, clothes pin, metal washer, popsicle stick, paper cup, spoon, cardboard.
100
An object's look, feel, sound, taste and smell?
What is a property?
200
When you make sounds from plucking a rubber band, you make the rubber band move back and forth very quickly. This movement is called...
What is vibration?
200
In the long gong investigation, how did you stop the long gong from vibrating?
What is put your hand on it or held it?
200
What do you call the metal tubes that we lined up on the foam so that we could tap them to listen to their pitch?
What is the xylophone?
200
How could you tell which object was being dropped in the tube?
What is listened to the sound it made?
200
What do you call something that detects, responds to, or hears a sound?
What is a sound receiver? (or receiver)
300
The highness or lowness of a sound is the...
What is the pitch?
300
In the waterphone investigation, which water bottle made the highest pitch?
What is the bottle with the lowest level of water?
300
What was the name of the piece of wood with different lengths of steel springs attached to it?
What is the kalimba?
300
What is a set of signals or symbols representing letters, numbers, or other information that is used to communicate?
What is a code?
300
What were three things that showed us that sound makes vibration in the tuning fork experiment?
What is water, paper, our cheek, ping pong ball
400
The loudness of a sound is called
What is the volume?
400
In the xylophone investigation, when you listened to the sound made by tapping a shorter tube and a longer tube, which tube made the lowest pitch?
What is the longer one?
400
What do you call the plastic cup attached with a string to a metal long hangar?
What is the long gong?
400
When we did drop codes, we used tubes called__________
What is drop chambers?
400
With the string beam, which length of string made a higher pitch, a longer length or a shorter length?
What is a shorter length?
500
What do you call something that creates a sound?
What is a source?
500
Our investigations with the dowels, tuning forks and tubes, and water and stethoscopes showed us that sound can travel through which three things?
What is wood, water, and air?
500
What is the tool called that we used to listen to sound through water?
What is a stethoscope?
500
Doing the drop code investigation showed us that we can tell objects apart by the sounds they make. This is called_________________
What is sound discrimination?
500
When we used the minigutbucket, what did you do to make the pitch of the sound made by plucking the string higher?
What is pulled it tighter?
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