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Sound travels in __________

A: Waves B: Ripples

C: Rays D: Wiggles
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That’s incorrect
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What word relates to the loudness of sound waves?

A: Wavelength B: Frequency

C: Pitch D: Amplitude
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That’s incorrect…
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What is pitch?

A: How high or low a note B: How loud or quiet a

is note is

C: How soft or sharp a D: How short or long the

note is note is
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 Oh dear!

That’s incorrect…
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Which of the following is true about sound?

Sound waves cannot

A: High or low pitch B: travel through a
means loud or soft vacuum

C: Sound does not D: High amplitude also

transfer energy means high pitch
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That’s incorrect…
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Which one of these is NOT true?
You can change the pitch a guitar makes by…

A: Changing the length of B: Changing the thickness

the strings of the strings

C: Changing the tension D: Strumming the guitar

of the strings harder
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Think carefully
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Which waves shows the highest, loudest sound?

A: B:

C: D:
Super!
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That’s incorrect!…
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Which wave shows the loudest, lowest sound?

A: B:

C: D:
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So near and yet so far!

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Sound is measured using the _______ scale?

Musical scale
A: Richter B:

C: Weighing D: Decibel
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That’s incorrect…
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Frequency is measured in…?

A: Hertz B: Decibels

C: Amplitude D: Volume
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You should have thought of

your experiments!
 What is the machine used to visualise (see) sound waves?

A: Tuning fork B: Oscilloscope

C: Ruler D: Filter
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That’s incorrect!
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Which one does not protect out ears from noise?

A: Ear defenders B: Reducing the volume

C: Cochlea implants D: Ear plugs

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That’s incorrect…
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What medium does sound travel fastest through?

A: Air B: A vacuum

C: Water D: Brick
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You should have got that

one!
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Sound travels fastest through solids because…

A: The particles can B: The particles have

move lots high energy

C: The particles are D: The particles don’t

close together collide
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That’s incorrect…
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Very loud sounds can damage hearing
because they…?

A: Break the ear drum B: Damage nerve hair

cells

C: Bounce off the ear drum D: Hurt the cells in our

ear
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That’s incorrect…
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What is the correct order sound travels in your ear?

Ear drum, cochlea, Ear drum, inner ear

A: inner ear bones, B: bones, cochlea,
auditory nerve auditory nerve

Auditory nerve, Ear drum, auditory

C: inner ear bones, ear D: nerve, inner ear
drum, cochlea bones, cochlea
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You were nearly a

millionaire!
Thank you for playing!

Thank you for playing!