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12 questions
Which of the following actions are vibrations?
Three things that can make sounds are: a human speaking, a flute and a violin. How many of these cause sounds by making something vibrate?
Match each of the following key terms with its definition.
Which of the following changes will lower the pitch of the sound made by a drum?
If the ___ of the vibration of an object increases, the pitch of the sound it makes also increases.
If the ___ of a vibration of an object increases, this increases the volume of the sound it makes.
Which of the following is a description of a wave?
A vibrating ruler makes a sound. Each time the ruler moves forwards, it pushes air particles forwards. What do these particles do to make the sound travel forwards across the room?
Sort the following statements into the correct order to describe what happens to particles that are near the left side of the string when a guitar string is plucked and starts vibrating.
Which of the following explains how a person can hear a sound?
A scientific model is ___ about a part or behaviour of the real world.
In a simple model of a sound wave in air, air particles simply move back and forth. The wave travels because particles hit other particles. Which of the following details does this model ignore?
