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Randomness!
100

The imaginary circles that a sound travels through...

What is an "air blob"?

100

A bird makes a ________ pitch sound. 

What is a "high" pitch? 

100

True or False: really loud music can break glass?

What is "true"?

100

True or False: the cup telephones really work!

What is "true"?

100

What is today's date? 

What is "April 25th"?

200

Sound waves from a speaker do this: 

What is "vibrate"?

200

The wave representing a whale's sound looks like what? 

What is a "wide wave"? 

200

The 100-point question asked about sound breaking glass. What does the sound do to cause this to happen?

What is "vibration" and "pushing the air/glass"?

200

Which of the following worked best for our cup telephone experiments? foam cups, plastic cups, or paper cups? 

What is "plastic cups"?

200

What was the holiday many of us celebrated last week? 

What is "Easter"?

300

The sound waves from the speaker cause this to vibrate: 

What is "the air"? 

300

High Pitch noises have ________waves? 

What is a "squished together" wave?

300

Why can't you hear a sound in outer space? 

What is "no air" and "nothing to vibrate off of"?

300

What causes the cup telephone to work? 

What is "vibration"?

300

Our current season we are in?

What is "spring"?

400

The distance measured between waves. 

What is "wavelength"?

400

What does a sound have in common with ripples in a pond? 

What is "both have waves"? 

400

True or False: sound can travel through water? 

What is "true"? 

400

A paper cup telephone is made but the string is too long. The partners can hear sounds but not the exact words. They decide to make a code. What is one code strategy they could use with their cups?

What is... (answers will vary)?

400

What is our principal's new last name? 

What is "Hernandez"?

500

Besides human voices, what are some other examples of things that create sound vibrations?

What is.... (answers may vary)?

500

In the pictures, there are two different sounds, seen through an oscilloscope. One of them is the sound of a flute (a high-pitched sound), and the other is the sound of a tuba (a low-pitched sound). Which is the tuba? Which is the flute? 

Sound A: What is a "tuba"? 

Sound B: What is a "flute"? 

500

Bob bangs a drum from three different locations: standing on the Earth, swimming under the water, and floating in outer space. In which of the following places will the drum make sound? 

What is "Earth and water"?

500

How can the people decide between two different code strategies? 

A. try only the first strategy and if it works, it's the best. 

B. try only the 2nd strategy and if it works, it's the best.

C. Try both strategies and see which one works. This one is the best. 

D. Try both strategies and the one that doesn't work is the best. 

What is "C"?

500

What are 4 things our class doesn't talk about? 

What is "Bruno", "indoor recess", "snow days", and "Mondays"?