Vocabulary
Media
Properties of Sound
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The highness or lowness of a sound
pitch
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What is a medium?
Something that sound travels through
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What type of sound vibrates fast?
High pitch
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Sound is a form of what kind of energy
mechanical energy
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How are sounds produced?
Vibrations
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The loudness or softness of a sound
volume
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Sound travels the fastest through....
Solids
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What type of sound has a low amplitude?
quiet sound
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What is the space between the compressions in a sound wave called?
Rarefaction
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Which sound has a higher amplitude? Car horn or a student whispering?
car horn
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Rapid back and forth movements
Vibration
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Would sound travel faster through ice cubes or chocolate milk?
ice cubes
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What do you hear if a sound wave has high amplitude and low frequency?
Loud and low pitch
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Which color would make the highest pitched sound?
Purple
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Which sound has a higher frequency? Ariana Grande's voice or Elvis' voice?
Ariana Grande
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The part of the wave where the particles are spread apart.
Rarefaction
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Why is there no sound in space?
There is no air, so there is no medium to travel through.
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Match the following words to either PITCH or VOLUME: AMPLITUDE, FREQUENCY
Pitch-frequency;
Volume-amplitude
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Which color would have the lowest frequency when struck?
Red
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What kind of sound vibration do animals use to communicate?
Echolocation
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What is a compression?
The part of the wave where the particles are pushed together
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Put these in order from slowest to fastest media that sound will travel through: water, ice, air
air, water, ice
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When I change my voice from low pitch to high pitch, what am I doing to the sound wave?
Making the wave vibrate faster.
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Why can't humans hear a dog whistle?
The frequency is too high. Too high pitched for human ears.
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Which kind string on a guitar would have a lower pitch? A thick string or a thin string?
Thick string