<p>Phil Tulga’s Math, Science, and Sound Activities Name ______Go to http://www.philtulga.com/MSSActivities.html </p><p>1. Waves: Sound travels through the air in waves.</p><p>Sound is a form of ______. It can travel through gasses, liquids and solids. It cannot travel through ______.</p><p>Draw a tuning fork and the sound wave it makes. </p><p>This type of wave is a ______or ______wave and is made up of compressions and rarefactions.</p><p>3. Waves: Sound waves can be soft or loud.</p><p>The softness or loudness of sound is a characteristic of sound known as ______or ______. More ______will move more air molecules and sound louder. The amount of energy in a sound wave is measured in ______.</p><p>Use the given Decibel Chart record the decibels of the following sound waves:  Live Rock Music ______ Food Blender ______ Normal Conservation ______ Breathing ______What is the loudest sound described by humans? What is the loudest animal sound?</p><p>4. Waves: How fast do sound waves travel?</p><p>Sound travels differ speeds in air depending on ______. The higher the temperature of the air the ______the sound.</p><p>Rank the speed of sound in the following. 1 is fastest and 3 is slowest.  Air ______ Liquid: ______ Solids: ______</p><p>5. Waves: Thunderstorm Stopwatch Activity Sound waves travel through the air at ______. Complete the Thunderstorm Stopwatch Activity. Which travels fastest, light waves or sound waves? ______</p><p>6. Frequency: Sounds can be low or high.</p><p>The characteristic of sound that describes is low or high sound is called ______or ______.</p><p>High pitched sounds have ______frequency. </p><p>Low pitched sounds have ______frequency. Frequency is ______per second and is measured in ______.</p><p>The shorter the musical instrument (string, tube, wire, etc) the ______the pitch or frequency. The longer the musical instrument, the ______the pitch or frequency.</p><p>7. Frequency: Frequency Listening Activity</p><p>Humans should be able to hear between ______(lowest) and ______(highest) hertz. </p><p>What sounds are you able to hear in the Frequency Listening Activity? ______</p><p>8. Frequency: What frequencies can different animals hear?</p><p>What animal can hear a lower frequency than humans? ______</p><p>Which animals can hear a higher frequency than humans? ______</p><p>What is infrasound? Name two animals that can hear in the infrasound range:</p><p>What is ultrasound? Name three animals that can hear in the ultrasound range: </p>