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Instruments
Our Ears
Sound Waves
Causes of Sound
Miscellaneous
100
Name a wind instrument.
What is a trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, oboe, French horn, tuba, etc.
100
This part of our ear catches sound waves.
What is the outer ear.
100
This word means the amount of energy in a sound wave. (amplitude or volume)
What is amplitude.
100
Sound is a kind of energy made by this...
What is vibrating objects, or vibrations.
100
Any sound that causes problems for people is called this...
What is noise pollution.
200
Name a percussion instrument.
What is a piano, drum, bass, cello, xylophone, etc.
200
This part of our ear is a thin tissue between the ear canal and middle ear.
What is an eardrum.
200
This is the distance from one compression to the next in a sound wave. Is it amplitude or wavelength?
What is wavelength.
200
This word refers to how high or low a sound is.
What is pitch.
300
Identify the stringed instrument. piccolo, viola, harmonica, triangle.
What is a viola.
300
This part of the ear has tiny bones in it that pass along vibrations.
What is the middle ear.
300
This type of matter is what sound waves travel fastest in.
What is solids.
300
This is the term for vibrations that carry sound energy through matter.
What is a sound wave.
300
A bat finding food at night is an example of this.
What is echolocation.
400
If I tighten a guitar string, this happens to the pitch.
What is... The pitch gets higher.
400
If I want to make a sound that my ears can hear, I use this part of my body, which has folds of thin muscle tissue in my throat.
What are the vocal cords.
400
Sound waves travel in what direction from a vibrating object.
What is ALL directions.
400
These are what can be found in a sound wave and the amount of energy determines how close together these are.
What are compressions.
400
This word refers to what is created when an airplane is flying faster than the speed of sound.
What is a sonic boom.
500
An instrument is plugged into an amp and playing.This is the word I would use to measure how loud the sound is.
What is decibels.
500
This part of our ear sends signals to our brain.
What is the auditory nerve.
500
Low-pitched sounds have which: short wavelengths, long wavelengths, or small amplitude.
What is small amplitude.
500
If a sound has high energy, it also has high____
What is amplitude
500
This is created when sound is reflected.
What is an echo.