Decibels 1
Decibels 2
Decibels 3
Vocabulary
Sound #2 and facts
100

How many decibels is breathing?

10 dB

100

How many decibels is street traffic?

70 dB

100

How many decibels is a jet airplane?

140 dB

100

What is sound? 

Energy from vibrations that you hear

100

All sound is created by _______.

Vibrations

200

How many decibels is whispering? 

20 dB

200

How many decibels is city traffic?

90 dB

200

How many decibels is a rocket?

180 dB

200

What is vibrate/vibrations?

Rapid movement back and forth

200

Sound travels in __1__ from one ___2___ to another

1. waves

2. molecules

300

How many decibels is rustling paper?

30 dB

300

How many decibels is thunder?

110 dB

300

How many decibels is an atomic bomb? 

210 dB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

300

What is volume?

How much ENERGY is used to make a sound; determines loudness

300

When an object vibrates, it creates sound waves that __1_____ through our ears to our ____2____

1. travel

2. brain

400

How many decibels is a quiet conversation?

40 dB

400

Quick question, how many decibels can injure your ears?

120 dB

400

What was the loudest thing that created the most decibels?

Krakatoa Volcano

400

What is pitch?

Highness or lowness of sound

400

Dogs can hear at a _____ frequency than humans.

A. Lower

B. Higher

C. Equal

B. Higher

500

How many decibels is a normal conversation?

60 dB

500

How many decibels is loud rock music?

120 dB!!!!!!

500

How many decibels was the Krakatoa Volcano?

180 dB Crazy, right? Don't believe me? Look it up.

500

EXTRA!!!!!! Name a time when you had loud music or etc.

*players response

500

Sound can't travel in....

A. Space

B. Vacuum

C. All of the above


C. All of the above

The vacuum in space (I think)