Sound
Definitions
Design Projects
Random Science
100

The shorter the strings on a violin, the ___________ the sound. 

HIGHER

100

How loud or soft a sound is. 

Volume

100

True or False? -- Ear Protection is important for your overall health. 

TRUE 

100

What is the term for an animal that eats plants and meat?

Omnivore

200

Sound is measured in __________

Decibels

200

A back and forth movement of matter. 

Vibration 

200

Why might you SEE Mrs. Rogala blow her whistle, before you HEAR the whistle?

Light travels faster than sound. 
200

What color of light travels the fastest?

Red

300

Sound travels down the ear canal and vibrates the _________________.

Eardrum

300

How high or low a sound is. 

Pitch

300

Name one job that hearing protection is important for. 

Construction, Musician, Aircraft Crew, Etc. 

300

A ______ _________ shows how living things in an environment are connected. 

Food Chain / Food Web 

400

Carpet ____________ sound, so there is less echo. 

Absorbs

400

The method that sound travels. 

Soundwaves OR Waves 

400

What common adhesive was used by many Grade 4/5s in our building periods?

Hot Glue Gun/Stick

400

What is the term for the "top animal" in a food web that has no natural hunters?

Apex Predator

500

Why is there no sound in space?

There is no air for it to travel through. Sound needs a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through. 

500

A reverberation. Sound that is reflected, bouncing back to its source. 

Echo
500

What was the goal of your design project?

Design hearing protection that would reduce the amount of sound you hear, by absorbing or reflecting sound before it enters your ear canal. 

500

What is the scientific term for the natural lights over the northern hemisphere, often seen in areas like Churchill or Nunavut?

Aurora Borealis