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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The amount of energy in a sound, or the loudness of a sound | amplitude |
| How high or low a sound is; | pitch |
| Sound is a form of: | energy |
| Sound travels in: | waves |
| The distance on a wave measured from crest to crest | wavelength |
| Sound travels slowest through: | gases |
| Sound travels fastest through: | solids |
| The pitch of a sound is closely related to: | frequency |
| high frequency | high pitch |
| low frequency | low pitch |
| High amplitude = | loud sound |
| soft sound | low amplitude |
| A sounds frequency is measured in: | hertz |
| The lowest frequency that humans can hear is: | 20 hertz |
| The highest frequency that humans can hear is: | 20,000 hertz |
| A sounds loudness, or intensity, is measured in: | decibels |
| Humans feel pain at ____________ decibels | 120 |
| A reflected sound wave creates an: | echo |
| A place with NO matter, such as outer space | Vacuum |
| Bats and whales use _________________ to locate food that they cannot see | echolocation |
| Which travels faster, light or sound? | light |
| Furniture and carpets cut down on echoes in a house because soft objects ______________ sound. | absorb |
| Which wave has more waves per second, a high frequency or low frequency sound | high frequency |
| Name several animals that can hear sounds with very high frequency | bats, dogs, cats, dolphin |
| The rapid back and forth movement of something | vibration |
| In order for sound to occur, something must: | vibrate |
| What is the thin membrane inside your ear that detects vibrations | eardrum |
| What do we call sounds greater than 20,000 hertz | ultrasonic |
| What do we call sounds less than 20 hertz | infrasonic |
| Name an animal that can hear lower frequency sounds than humans | elephant |
| A jet traveling MACH 2.0 is traveling ___________ the speed of sound | twice |
| What occurs when a jet or rocket breaks the sound barrier | sonic boom |