Sound Waves, Pitches and Volume

What is sound?

• The energy in the form of colors you see.

• The energy in the form of vibrations that can be heard.

• The energy that can be heard.

• The energy that moves.

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What is volume?

• The intensity of a sound.

• How low or high a sound is.

• Something we measure in math.

• How loud a sound is.

What is pitch?

• How loud or soft a sound is.

• When you throw a baseball.

• How high or low sound is.

• The sound that you hear.

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A sound with a higher frequency has a higher ______.

• volume

• pitch

• note

• amplitude

A sound with a _________ frequency will have a _________ pitch.

• lower, higher

• higher, loud

• higher. lower

• lower, lower

Frequency is ________

• how high the volume of a sound is.

• the number of waves that passes a given point per second.

• how big the wave is.

Sound can be affected by:

• pitch

• music

• volume

• touch

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Pitch tells you if a sound is:

• low or high

• loud or soft

• deep or wide

• wavy or straight

Volume tells you if a sound is:

• wavy or straight

• deep or wide

• low or high

• loud or soft

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The number of waves that passes a given point per second is __________

• volume

• frequency

• pitch

• sound