Characteristics of Sound

Question 1

Form of energy that can heard and travel in waves

Answer 1

Sound

Question 2

How is sound made?

Answer 2

Matter vibrates and produces sound

Question 3

Whay types of matter can sound waves move through?

Answer 3

Solids, liquids, and gases

Question 4

Refers to the highness or lowness of sound, depends on the frequency

Answer 4

Pitch

Question 5

High frequency = _______ and Low frequency = _______

Answer 5

High pitch
Low pitch

Question 6

Describes the perception of the energy to sound, refers to the energy delivered to a unit area of a surface per unit of time

Answer 6

Loudness

Question 8

What is the SI unit of intensity?

Answer 8

watt/m^2

Question 9

The distance between the normal position and the final position of an object that produces specific vibrations

Answer 9

Amplitude

Question 10

The loudness of the sound also depends on the area of the _________.

Answer 10

Vibrating body

Question 11

The characteristic of sound where we can distinguish the sounds with the same loudness and pitch

Answer 11

Quality

Question 12

The amount of energy a sound wave carries per second through a unit area

Answer 12

Intensity