Science Week 25 Quiz Sound

a mechanical wave that can be detected by the human ear

• Sound

• Noise

• Pitch

• Intensity

• Timbre

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a sound wave that is at such a high frequency that it can not be detected by the

human ear

• Sound

• Noise

• Ultrasound

• Intensity

• Timbre

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

the measure of the energy a sound wave carries through an area per unit of

time and is directly related to the sound's amplitude

• Sound

• Noise

• Ultrasound

• Intensity

• Timbre

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a person's perception of sound intensity

• Sound

• Noise

• Doppler Effect

• Intensity

• Loudness

irregular, repeating sound waves that are unpleasant

• Sound

• Noise

• Doppler Effect

• Intensity

• Loudness

a characteristic of sound that describes how high or low it is

• Sound

• Acoustics

• Doppler Effect

• Pitch

• Reverberations

the tone of a sound that makes it unique and distinguishable from other

sounds despite having the same intensity and pitch

• Timbre

• Acoustics

• Doppler Effect

• Pitch

• Reverberations

the properties of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted

in it

• Timbre

• Acoustics

• Doppler Effect

• Pitch

• Reverberations

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

multiple echoes of a sound throughout a room or building

• Timbre

• Acoustics

• Doppler Effect

• Pitch

• Reverberations

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the process of a material taking in sound energy when a sound wave is

encountered

• Timbre

• Acoustics

• Doppler Effect

• Absorption

• Reverberations

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2