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Vocabulary
Media
Properties of Sound
Wild Card
100

The highness or lowness of a sound

pitch / frequency 

100
What is a medium?
Something that sound travels through
100

What is another way to describe the volume of a loud sound? 

dynamic or amplitude

100

Why do people cover their ears when they hear a loud sound?

They are reducing the volume - blocking sound waves. 

200

The loudness or softness of a sound

volume / amplitude / dynamics 

200
Sound travels the fastest through....
Solids
200

What do we call the difference between a high sound and a low sound?

pitch or frequency 

200

What is one way that sound is used to help in the medical field ?

Heart monitor, alarms, etc.... 

300
Rapid back and forth movements
Vibration
300
Would sound travel faster through hot chocolate or chocolate milk?
hot chocolate
300
What do you hear if a sound wave has high amplitude and low frequency?
Loud and low pitch
300

How do windchimes create music without a human player?

Instrument design

400

Why did the glass shatter in our initial video?

Energy transfer  

400
Why is there no sound in space?
There is no air, so there is no medium to travel through.
400
Match the following words to either PITCH or VOLUME: AMPLITUDE, FREQUENCY
Pitch-frequency; Volume-amplitude
400

How do we hear sound?

Sound waves enter the outer ear, into the ear canal, then the eardrum. 

500

All sound is created by ....

vibrations

500

Put these in order from slowest to fastest media that sound will travel through: steel pan, water, ice, air

air, water, ice, steel pan

500
When I change my voice from low pitch to high pitch, what am I doing to the sound wave?
Making the wave vibrate faster.
500

What's the lowest frequency sound on Planet Earth ? (hint: think geology)

earthquakes