Science of Sound Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is volume?
Loud or quiet sounds
What is pitch?
High or Low
What is frequency?
High or low
What happens when an object vibrates?
Makes a sound
A unwanted, and unpleasant sound.
Noise
What is timbre?
Quality of sound
What is amplitude?
The height of the sound.
A bird has a ________ pitch.
High
A cow has a ________ pitch
Low
The quieter the sound the ________ the sound wave.
Shorter
Does a sound travel through air or metal faster?
Metal
A quick back and forth motion.
Vibration
What vibrates on a guitar?
Strings
A slow vibration produces a _______ sound.
Soft
How do you increase the volume on a drum?
Hit it harder
What do you do to a string to make a higher pitch? Tighten or loosen?
Tighten
When volume increases, pitch does what?
Remains the same
Strings in a piano a different or same lengths?
Different
A tall sound wave is a ________ sound.
Louder
On an Oscilloscope you see __________.
Sound waves
