Sound

Sound Test Review Questions

• Define vibration
• How is the wave pattern of unpleasant noise different from the wave pattern of the sound of a tuning fork?
• Understand and be able to locate the following parts of a sound wave: wavelength, trough, crest, amplitude
• The speed of sound changes depending on the material that sound is traveling through. What material sound travel the fastest through?
• Name four materials that sound can travel through.
• Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?
• What do all wind instruments have in common?
• Do people all sing at the same frequency?
• What is an octave?
• What is pitch and how is it measured?