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Give a Definition
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Name that Instrument
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A disturbance that transmits energy
What is a wave
100
Define sound.
What is a form of energy caused by vibrations
100
What happens to the sound waves when the volume decreases?
What is energy decreases
100
Name one of the four types of instruments.
What is woodwind, string, percussion, or brass
100
True or False? Sound travels through all forms of matter--gasses, liquids, and solids.
What is True
200
Back-and-forth movements of an object
What is vibrations
200
What is volume?
What is the loudness of a sound
200
A student plucks three rubber bands. Which rubber band produces a sound with the highest pitch?
What is the rubber band stretched the tightest.
200
This makes music by blowing on the top of the instrument or on a reed.
What is woodwind
200
True or False? A sound with a high pitch has a low frequency.
What is False
300
Forms of matter sound travels through like gases, liquids, and solids
What is a medium
300
How is volume measured?
What is in units called dB (Decibels)
300
How could you change the pitch of a guitar?
What is tighten the strings
300
This makes music by plucking or strumming the strings.
What is strings
300
True or False? Waves with higher frequency carry less energy.
What is False
400
The highness or lowness of sound
What is pitch
400
Define amplitude
What is the height of the sound wave to make sound louder or softer
400
Explain how sound is useful.
What is medical field, communicate, entertainment, geology, etc.
400
Instruments make music by striking, shaking, or scraping them
What is percussion
400
Which medium does sound travel through the quickest?
What is solids.
500
The number of vibrations that occur during a unit of time
What is frequency
500
The type of sound wave
What is a compression or longitudinal wave
500
A dog's bark has few vibrations per second. Describe the pitch and frequency.
What is pitch is low and frequency is low.
500
Makes music by buzzing lips while blowing.
What is brass
500
Sound travels this many times faster through water than through air.
What is 5