Sound Energy
Sound Wave Vocab
Waves & Matter
Coding
100

All sounds are caused by

vibrations

100

What kind of wave  transfers energy through matter and spreads outward in all directions from a vibration.

Sound Wave 

100

Give 3 types of mediums. 

Solid, Liquid, Gas

100

What type of code is made up of only 1s and 0s?

Binary Code

200

Plucking a rubber band produces which kind of energy? 

Sound, Light, Heat, or Electrical 

Sound Energy

200

The distance from the top of one wave to the top of the next wave is called...

wavelength

200

The duck is matter, traveling on a wave. Does the duck go up and down the wave or side to side with the wave.

Up and down

200

What pattern do you see in the binary code below?

A = 01000001

B = 01000010

C = 01000011

D = 01000100

E = 01000101

F = 01000110

Possible answers:


The last digit alternates from 0 to 1 as it goes down the alphabet. 


All the codes are made up of 1s and 0s.


The 1 moves up one spot in each number as it goes down. 

300

A door slams and the molecules begin to vibrate. Which of these are produced by vibrations?


Friction, heat waves or sound waves

Sound Waves 

300

The amount of energy in a sound wave or the height of a wave is called the...

amplitude 

300

The duck is matter, traveling on a water wave. What direction does the water wave travel?

Side to side

300

What is the binary code for the letter K based on the pattern below? 

H = 01001000

I = 01001001

J = 01001010

K= ??????????

01001011

400

Give an example of something using vibrations to make sound. 

Answers may vary based on explanation. 

400

_______ is the highness or lowness of a sound. 

Pitch 

400

Do waves carry matter? If not what do they carry?

No waves do not carry matter, they only carry energy. Waves move THROUGH matter. 

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