Properties of Sound

What is frequency?

• the number of wavelengths per second

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

• the back and forth movement of matter

The measure of how high or low a sound is:

• the intensity

• the size of the wavelength

• how loud or soft a sound is

• the pitch

Which of the following is a CORRECT statement?

• Sound can travel through the vacuum of space

• Sound can't travel through the vacuum of space

• Sound is produced in the vacuum of space

• Sound can travel between planets

Sound moves in a _________.

• Transverse wave
• Longitudinal wave

List the order of mediums through which sound travels from fastest to slowest.

• Liquid, Gas, Solid

• Gas, Solid, Liquid

• Solid, Liquid, Gas

• Solid, Gas, Liquid

Another word for intensity is ________.

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Decibels

• Hertz

The higher the_______ , the higher the ________ .

• frequency, pitch
• frequency, volume
• sound, pitch
• wavelength, decibels

At what time does the maximum amplitude occur?

• 0:02

• 0:03

• 0:00

• 0:04