Sound/Light Waves
Animal Communication and Riddles
Tsunamis
100

What is amplitude?

a) pitch

b) volume

volume

100

Adelie penguins use physical displays.  What is one of displays?

Why do they do that?

Neck thrusts.

To look taller and stronger.

100
What causes a tsunami wave?

The up-and-down movement of an under-ocean earthquake or a landslide.

200

Wavelength is measured by _________________.

a) the distance from peak to peak of a waveform.

b) the height from the middle of a waveform to the peak

a) The distance from peak to peak of a waveform.


200

What do Adelie penguins do that makes us think that they are social birds?

They are constantly communicating.

200

What makes a tsunami wave powerful?

Their wide wavelengths.

300

Amplitude (volume) is  measured from ____________.

a) the distance from peak to peak of a waveform.

b) the height from the middle of a waveform to the peak

b) the height from the middle of a waveform to the peak

300

How do kakapo parrots make their low, loud sounds?

They fill up their air sacs and make the sound.

300

Beside the high speed and wide wavelengths, what else makes tsunami waves so deadly?

It is the shallow water of the coastline that ramps up the waves higher.

400

A low, loud sound has ___________________.

a) high pitch and low amplitude

b) high amplitude and low pitch

b) high amplitude and low pitch

400

What starts with T, ends with T, and has T inside it?

a teapot

400

How do tsnumameters function?

They function by measuring the changes in the water level above them.

500

True or False:

Both SOUND and LIGHT can be measured by their waveforms.

true
500

When Grant was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Grant is 14. How old is his brother?

His brother is 10. 

Half of 8 is 4, so Grant’s brother is 4 years younger. This means when Grant is 14, his brother is still 4 years younger, so he’s 10.

500

Why are tsunami waves so deadly.

There are two reasons.

Their wide wavelengths and their fast speed.