Sound Frequency and Pitch Practice Questions

As you tighten the string, the sound you make when you pluck it..

• gets quieter
• gets lower in pitch
• gets louder
• gets higher in pitch

Frequency of a soundwave is related to the pitch of the sound. Which of these waves would make a low volume and low pitched sound?

• The wave on the left

• The wave in the center

• The wave on the right

What would happen if you tighten the strings on a guitar?

• it would make a low pitch sound
• it would make a high pitch sound
• it produces a slow vibrations
• it produces low frequency

If I have a big drum and a small drum, which one will have the lower pitch?

• The big drum
• The small drum

Will these two soundwaves have different volumes or different pitches?

• Different volumes
• Different pitches

As you shorten the string, the sound you make when you pluck it..

• gets lower in pitch
• gets louder
• gets higher in pitch
• gets quieter

What happens to the sound an object makes when the speed of vibrations decreases (slow down)?

• its volume will increase
• its pitch rises
• its pitch becomes lower
• its volume decreases

Frequency of a soundwave is related to the pitch of the sound.  Which of these waves would make a high pitched sound?

• The wave on the left
• The wave in the center
• The wave on the right

True or false. Low frequency waves also have long wavelengths.

• True
• False

If I have two pipes, one big and one small, which one will have the highest pitch?

• The big one
• The small one