Higher and lower sounds | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

How does sound travel?
- in waves in all directions ✓
- in waves only to the listener
- in dotted lines from the sound source to the ear
- in zigzag lines in all directions
What is a vibration?
- when an object moves backwards and forwards very quickly ✓
- a type of sound produced by an object
- a way to measure sound
How do we hear sounds?
- Sounds travel to our ears like a vibrating laser beam.
- Our ears vibrate and the vibrations travel to the object which makes a sound.
- The object vibrates and the vibrations travels through a medium to our ears. ✓
A medium can be a solid, liquid or a ...
- 'gas' ✓
Starting with a crowd at a stadium, put these sounds in order of loudest volume to quietest volume.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  crowd at a stadium
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  alarm of a clock
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  electric toothbrush
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  whispering
What do we use to measure how loud or quiet a sound is?
- a sound meter app ✓
- a ruler
- a model of an ear
- a thermometer

Exit quiz

Pitch describes how high or ______ a sound is.
- 'low' ✓
Which statement about sounds do you agree with.
- Pitch and volume are the same thing.
- High volume sounds have a high pitch.
- Low volume sounds have a low pitch.
- Pitch and volume are different things. ✓
Which of the following produces a high pitched sound?
- a mouse squeaking ✓
- thunder
- lightning
- a lion roaring
Sounds are made when an object ...
- 'vibrates' ✓
What is the name given to someone who can not detect the pitch of sounds.
- pitchia
- amusia ✓
- pitch blindness
- a musical
Which statements about vibrations and pitch are true?
- Different objects produce the same pitch sounds when they vibrate.
- Different objects produce different pitched sounds when they vibrate. ✓
- Some objects vibrate to produce more than one pitched sound. ✓
- All objects can only produce one pitch sound when they vibrate.

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Key learning points

Pitch and volume are different things.
Pitch describes how high or low a sound is.
Amusia, or tone deafness, is the inability to detect pitch, and only affects around 4% of the population.
Sound is made when an object vibrates. Different objects produce different pitch sounds when they vibrate.
Some objects vibrate to produce more than one pitched sound.

Common misconception

Children may think that the volume of sound and the pitch of sound is the same thing, or that high sounds are loud and low sounds are quiet.

It is important to expose children to a wide range of high and low pitched sounds. Continue to make the distinction between volume and pitch throughout the lesson.

Keywords

Sound - We hear sound with our ears.
Pitch - Pitch is a measure of how high or how low a sound is.
Detect - To detect something is to find it or discover that it is present.
Vibrations - Vibrations are when an object moves very fast from side to side.