SOL 5.2 Sound

Front

What helps a whale locate food?

Back

The use of sound waves.

Front

Which material does sound travel through the fastest?

Back

Steel.

Front

What type of waves are produced when a drummer plays?

Back

Compression waves.

Front

What is a disturbance moving through a medium such as a solid, liquid, or gas called?

Back

Wave.

Front

What is the amplitude of a sound wave related to?

Back

Volume.

Front

What is the term for the highness or lowness of a sound?

Back

Pitch.

Front

What is sound?

Back

A type of energy made by vibrations.

Front

What do we call the distance between two consecutive peaks of a wave?

Back

Wavelength.

Front

What is the speed of sound in air at room temperature?

Back

Approximately 343 meters per second.

Front

What happens to sound waves when they travel through different materials?

Back

They change speed and may change direction.