1) What is the name of the spiral

shaped tube in the inner ear?

cochlea

2) What is a vibration?
A quick back-and-forth movement.

3) Which piece of equipment measures

thermometer
temperature?

invertebrate
4) Is a worm a vertebrate or invertebrate?
Some sounds can be loud.
Some sounds can be quiet.

Shhhhh!
 Both the rocket and the mouse produce sound.

The sounds they create are caused by vibrations that are

heard when they reach our ear.
What word describes how quiet or how loud a sound is?

volume
 Which vehicle is louder?

The volume of the plane is louder.

Which has the loudest volume?
 The loudness of a sound is measured in decibels (dB).

lower volume higher volume

quiet loud

Where do you think the loudest parts of your school are?

What about the quietest?

Annie is measuring the volume of sound in her school
throughout the day.

She is making the measurements using a decibel meter.

 She records the volume of sound in a table.

Time of day Volume of sound (dB)

morning lessons 32
32 dB
 She records the volume of sound in a table.

Time of day Volume of sound (dB)

morning lessons 32
72 dB
break time 72
 She records the volume of sound in a table.

Time of day Volume of sound (dB)

morning lessons 32
89 dB
break time 72

lunch time 89
 She records the volume of sound in a table.

Time of day Volume of sound (dB)

morning lessons 32
51 dB
break time 72

lunch time 89

afternoon lessons 51
 Annie shows her data in a bar chart.
100
95
90
85
80
75
Volume of sound (dB)

70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35 What time of day is it the
30 loudest at Annie’s school?
25
20
15 lunch time
10
5
0 morning break lunch afternoon
lessons time time lessons

Time of day
 Match the words to the pictures.

decibel decibel sound volume

meter
 Match the words to the pictures.

decibel decibel sound volume

meter
 The
Reception
playground is
were the
the loudest
loudest class.
part of school.

It was louder
? after lunch
time.
Make
observations
Have a go at questions # - #
The characters

Annie Amir Alex Whitney Tommy Teddy

Dexter Rosie Sam Max Mo Jo

Kim Ron Jack Eva

Eva

Tiny Diddy