TRAVELING SOUND AND PITCH QUIZ

VOCABULARY MATCHDIRECTIONS: MATCH THE WORDS ON

THE RIGHT TO THEIR CORRECT DEFINITIONS

1. Region where the particles have been pushed closer together

2. The highness and lowness of sound

3. Back and forth movement of matter

Pitch

Vibrations

Compressions

Definitions Vocabulary Word

VOCABULARY MATCHDIRECTIONS: MATCH THE WORDS ON

THE RIGHT TO THEIR CORRECT DEFINITIONS

4. Form of energy that you can hear and travels through matter as waves

5. Series of 8 notes

Octave

Sound

Definitions Vocabulary Word

MULTIPLE CHOICEDIRECTIONS: READ THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. CHOOSE THE

BEST ANSWER.

1. The pitch of a tone is directly effected by its___________?

A. Amplitude

B. Frequency

C. Compression

MULTIPLE CHOICEDIRECTIONS: READ THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. CHOOSE THE

BEST ANSWER.

2. Why does sound travel better through a solid than a gas

A. Because the particles are spread much further in a solid and have more room to move

B. Because the particles are much closer together in a solid and pass on the vibrations much quicker

C. the solid weighs more and so takes up more matter and sound needs matter to travel

MULTIPLE CHOICEDIRECTIONS: READ THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. CHOOSE THE

BEST ANSWER.

3. Another way to tell someone that they have a low pitch would be they have a _____ _______?

A. Low amplitude

B. High frequency

C. Low frequency

SHORT ANSWERWHY IF JUSTIN BIEBER GAVE A

CONCERT IN SPACE, WOULD NO ONE HEAR HIS MUSIC? WHAT DOES

SOUND NEED TO TRAVEL THROUGH?

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READING A CHARTDIRECTIONS: ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF

PAPER, PLEASE EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THE PICTURE BELOW;

You are up high in the stands of a large baseball stadium. You see that the runner has slid into home, but the umpire does not seem to yell “safe” until almost a second later.

List in order the events that take place for you to see then hear the call. Umpire makes the

call

Sound is heard

Player slides

Sound travels to your ears

You see the umpire make the call