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Ride the (Sound) Wave!
Speed of Sound!
Make Some Noise!
100
This causes sound.
What are vibrations?
100
a back-and-forth motion
What is a vibration?
100
The highest point of a wave.
What is the crest?
100
A disturbance moving through a solid, liquid, or gas.
What is a wave?
100
Instruments that produce sound through vibrating strings.
What are string instruments?
200
Sound moves quickest through this type of matter.
What is a solid?
200
The highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch?
200
The lowest point of a wave.
What is the trough?
200
This is transferred as sound waves travel from molecule to molecule.
What is energy?
200
Instruments that produce sound by vibrating after an impact is made.
What are percussion instruments?
300
Sound moves slowest through this type of matter.
What is a gas?
300
The number of times an object vibrates in a given period of time.
What is frequency?
300
The distance between two side-by-side wave crests.
What is a wavelength?
300
You generally see lightning before you hear it because light travels faster than the ____________.
What is the speed of sound?
300
Instruments that produce sound by blowing are and changing lip position.
What are brass instruments?
400
Sound moves quick (not the slowest/not the fastest) through this type of matter.
What is a liquid?
400
The amount of energy in a compression.
What is amplitude?
400
Areas of increased pressure in a sound wave.
What are compressions?
400
A flute vibrates faster than a trombone because it has a faster ___________ .
What is frequency?
400
Instruments that produce sound by blowing air across a sharp edge or reed.
What are woodwind instruments?
500
This enables humans to produce sounds.
What are vocal cords?
500
The strengthening of a sound wave.
What is resonance?
500
Areas of decreased pressure in a sound wave.
What are rarefactions?
500
Mr. Seiferth's voice has a lower _________ than Ms. Dodson.
What is pitch?
500
Used by marine animals to navigate, locate food, detect predators, and communicate.
What are sound waves?