Sound Energy Vocabulary

Another name for a sound wave is...

• Decibel Wave

• Wavelength Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Compression Wave

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Amplitude affects the _______ of sound.

• Pitch

• Tension

• Volume

• frequency

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Sound waves move fastest through ____________.

• solids

• liquids

• gases

• water

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The sound you hear from a piano comes from strings vibrating inside the piano.

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All sounds are caused by vibrations.

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The number of sound wavelengths in a given unit of time is...

• vibration

• frequency

• volume

• pitch

This occurs when matter moves back and forth.

• frequency

• pitch

• vibration

• volume

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This is the rate of speed at which vibrations are produced. This rate determines how high or low the sound will be.

• volume

• frequency

• vibration

• pitch

This is the level of loudness or intensity of a sound

• volume

• pitch

• vibration

• frequency

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A fifth grade class does an experiment with water in bottles. What order should the bottles be in to move from a high to a low pitch?

• ABCD

• BADC

• CDAB

• BDCA

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