1) The distance from the middle to the top of a wave a) Wave b) Frequency c) Amplitude d) Crest e) Trough 2) The number of waves that go past a particular point per second a) Waves b) Frequency c) Amplitude d) Ultrasound e) Loudness f) Pitch 3) The distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave. a) Frequency b) 300,000,000m/s c) Wavelength d) Infrasound e) Hertz f) Decibels 4) A back and forth movement a) Vibration b) Decibels c) Ultrasound d) Amplitude e) Infrasound f) Frequency 5) How energy is transferred from one place to another.  a) Hertz [Hz] b) Longitudinal c) Waves d) Decibels [dB] e) Tranverse f) Frequency 6) A reflection of a sound wave.  a) Amplitude b) Hertz [Hz] c) Echo d) Ultrasound e) Decibels f) Infrasound 7) A substance through which a wave can travel.  a) Medium b) Echo c) Frequency d) Amplitude e) Vacuum f) Deep space 8) How high or low a sound is - depends on its frequency.  a) Oscillation b) Amplitude c) Pitch d) Longitudinal e) Transverse f) Volume 9) Detects sound waves a) Eyes b) Ear c) Tongue d) Skin e) Nose 10) What happens to the pitch is a guitar string is tightened?  a) it gets higher b) it gets lower c) it stays the same 11) What happens to the FREQUENCY as the strings are tighten on an instrument?  a) It decreases and vibrate slower b) It increases and vibrates faster c) It stays the same - no change in vibration 12) P is...... a) loud and high pitched b) soft and high pitched c) loud and low pitched d) soft and low pitched 13) Q is...... a) loud and high pitched b) soft and high pitched c) loud and low pitched d) soft and low pitched 14) R is...... a) loud and high pitched b) soft and high pitched c) loud and low pitched d) quiet and low pitched 15) S is...... a) loud and high pitched b) soft and high pitched c) loud and low pitched d) soft and low pitched 16) Big/tall amplitude = ? a) soft sound b) loud sound c) high pitch d) low pitch 17) Small amplitude = ? a) soft sound b) loud sound c) high pitch d) low pitch 18) High frequency = ? a) Low pitched b) High pitched c) Loud d) soft 19) Can light travel through a VACUUM? a) YES b) NO 20) Can sound travel through a VACUUM? a) YES b) NO 21) What does AMPLIFY mean? HINT: What word does amplify remind you of? a) To get softer b) To get louder c) To get higher pitched d) To get lower pitched 22) What does an object need to do to make a SOUND? a) move back and forth - vibrate b) stay still 23) In which does a SOUND WAVE travel fastest? a) SOLIDS b) LIQUIDS c) GASES d) VACUUM 24) The bending of light rays is called a) Refraction b) Reflection c) Mirror d) frequency e) prism f) whitelight 25) When a sound wave passes through a medium, what does it cause the particles to do? a) freezes b) invincible c) vibrate d) changes colour e) disappear f) bounces 26) The loudness of sound is determined by what aspect of the wave? a) pitch b) frequency c) loudness d) wave e) Amplitude f) volume 27) In which of the following mediums, does sound travel the slowest? a) vacuum b) gas c) solid d) fluid e) liquid f) plasma 28) What does the frequency of a sound wave determine? a) Amplitude b) colour c) speed d) distance e) amplitude f) Pitch 29) Sound cannot travel through a) solid b) empty space c) gas d) liquid

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