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Stone 5th Sound
5th grade Science Sound
Question | Answer |
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What is SOUND caused by? | VIBRATIONS |
A SUBSTANCE called that carries sounds | A MEDIUM |
3 types of MEDIUMS | SOLID LIQUID GAS |
A DISTURBANCE moving through a MEDIUM | SOUND WAVE |
Does a BASS GUITAR have a high pitch or a low pitch? | LOW (not as many vibrations) |
Does a FLUTE have a high pitch or a low pitch? | HIGH (lots of vibrations) |
Distance between 2 SOUND WAVES | WAVELENGTH |
The SPEED at wihich something vibrates is called______? | FREQUENCY |
What determines PITCH? | FREQUENCY |
What is PITCH? | The HIGHNESS or LOWNESS of a SOUND. Flute: HIGH Tuba: LOW |
SOUND DESCRIMINATION? | Being able to identify sounds as being different from one another. (Like MEOW and MOO, or different COINS dropping) |
HIGHEST POINT of a Sound Wave | CREST! (Ride the top of that sound wave, dude! ) |
LOWEST POINT of a Sound Wave | TROUGH |
How LOUD a sound is | VOLUME! (Turn down that music!!!!) |
What are sound RECEIVERS? | Something that detects sound. (How it is heard by a human, animal, insect...) |
What are human RECEIVERS> | EARS |
Other types of RECEIVERS used by animals and insects? | Their BODIES( like the buzzing of a bee's wings), ANTENNAE or feelers. |
What is a COMPRESSION WAVE? | Longitudinal wave where the particles are CLOSEST together. |
What is a sound SOURCE? | An object that vibrates to make sound. |
A rapid back and forth MOVEMENT is called____ ? | .VIBRATION |
POWER that makes things happen is called_______? | ENERGY |
What is the term for how far a material has been STRETCHED? | TENSION |
What is The HEIGHT of a sound wave. | AMPLITUDE |
If the amplitude is high, is the sound LOUD or SOFT? | LOUD |
What is the unit for measuring the loudness of sounds? | DECIBEL |
Locating objects by using sound waves ( that are reflected back to the sender) | ECHOLOCATION |