Sound Energy

What type of energy is formed by vibrating objects?

• Light energy

• Sound energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electrical Energy

_________ is the distance between a point on one wave and a similar point on the next wave

• Amplitude

• Wavelegnth

• Frequency

• Volume

__________ is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time

• Frequency

• Wavelegth

• Pitch

_________ describes how high or low a sound is

• Pitch

• Wavelegnth

• Frequency

If you change the frequency of a wave, you chance its _________

• Volume

• Pitch

• Amplitude

If you change the amplitude of a wave, you change its _________

• Loudness

• Pitch

• Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which is the best description of a sound wave when the pitch of the sound is very high?

• It has a low frequency.

• It has a high frequency.

• It has no wavelength.

• It has no frequency.

A guitarist strums two strings of the same thickness on a guitar. The first string vibrates more quickly than the second string. What is true about the pitch of the strings?

• The first string has a higher pitch than the second string.

• The second string has a higher pitch than the first string.

• The first string and the second string have the same pitch.

• The pitch of the second string depends on the pitch of the first string

Sound cannot travel through...

• gases

• solids

• liquids

• Empty space