Sound Quiz

What is sound?

• A type of energy, like light or heat, that you can hear because of vibrations in the air.

• How loud or soft a noise is.

• How high or low a noise is.

• A rapid back and forth movement causing sound waves.

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What is a pitch?

• How loud or quiet a sound is.

• How high or low a sound is.

• Sound bouncing off of a surface back at you.

What is volume?

• How high or low a sound is.

• How loud or quiet a sound is.

• The button in your car for music.

Which of the following is an example of a HIGH pitch sound?

• A train's horn blowing.

• A lion roaring.

• A person yawning.

• A fire alarm going off.

Which of the following is an example of LOW pitch?

• A fire truck driving by.

• A mouse squeaking.

• Thunder

• A little girl screaming

True or False: We can hear and see sound all the time.

• False: we can hear it but we can't see it.

• False: we can see it but we can't hear it.

• True: You can hear and see sound all the time!

What part of your body makes sound and what part hears it?

• My ears make sound and my throat hears it.

• My nose makes sound and my ears hear it.

• I can't make sound but I can hear it.

• My throat makes sound and my ears hear it.

True or False: Sound can travel through water.

• True!

• False!

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