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5th grade, science, sound

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Sound Discrimination   Identifying sound from one another.  
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Properties   An object's look feel,sound,taste,and smell are its properties.  
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Code   Signals used to represent letters and numbers.  
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Vibration   A shaking,back-and-forth movement.  
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Sound reciever   something that detects,responds to,or hears a sound.  
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volume   How loud a sound is.  
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Pitch   Describes how high or low a sound is.  
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Frequency   A fast vibration produces a high frequency.  
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Tension   Force applied to an object trying to pull it apart.  
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Stethoscope   Device used by a doctor to amplify sound.  
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Amplify   To make louder  
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Megaphone   Collects and focuses sound energy to amplify it at the source or receiver.  
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Drop chamber   objects can be identified their properties, including the sound they make. sounds can be discriminated by their characteristics  
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drop codes   sounds can convey information to humans in codes, ie, warnining signs  
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tone generator/tuning fork/long gong   all sounds come from a source that is vibrating anything that detects a sound is called A SOUND RECIEVER, I.E. ea, telephone, reciever, microphone stronger, more intense vibrations make a louder sound  
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tounge depressor   fast vibrations produce high pitched sounds. slow vibrations produce low pitched sounds.  
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water phone/ xylophone/ kalimba/ string beam   a long object has a low pitched and vibrates slowly. a short object has a high pitch and vibrates quickly.  
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the mini gutbucket/ the foss-ulele (tension)   the greater the tension on a sound source, the higher the sound.  
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sounds through air and water   sound can travel through water. sounds travel faster through aliquid (water) vs. a gas (air). therefore sounds are louder in a liquid vs. a gas.  
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sounds through solids; wood and string   sounds travel well through solids like wood and string.sounds travel best through solids- fast,loud,clear. for sound to exist there must be a sound source,a medium or form of matter for sound to travel through,and a receiver.  
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sound through solids- continued   all three elements must exist for sound to exist. sound energy can be amplified with a megaphone at the sound source or sound receiver.  
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