Unit 3 Test Study Guide

Answer the following questions to be prepared for our Unit Sound Test next week on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.

  1. Explain how & why adding different amounts of water in a glass bottle changes the pitch when blowing across the top of bottle.
  2. Explain how & why adding different amounts of water in a glass bottle changes the pitch when tapping the bottle with a marker.
  3. Label each part of a wave (wavelength, crest, trough, amplitude, resting point)
  4. Label oscilloscope graphs according to: loudness, pitch, frequency, amplitude, wavelength
  5. Draw to change the amplitudes and frequencies of graphs
  6. Describe in detail how auto-tune works when the pitch needs to be higher
  7. Describe in detail how auto-tune works when the pitch needs to be lower
  8. Identify wave pulses, standing waves, longitudinal waves
  9. Discuss the amplitude and frequency of each of the waves in #8
  10. Identify the parts of the outer, inner, and middle ear
  11. Discuss the function of the parts of the ear
  12. Describe how loud sounds affect hearing
  13. Identify & correct true and false statements concerning how waves move through different mediums(disturbance, electromagnetic, gas, liquid, mechanical, solid, sound, vacuum, vibration)
  14. Create if / then statements between: loudness, pitch, frequency, amplitude, wavelength
  15. Explain how a tsunami begins, rises, and ends
  16. Explain how waves travel through different mediums using video, text, or lab evidence
  17. Identify analog and digital signals
  18. Identify analog and digital items
  19. List advantages and disadvantages of analog signals
  20. List advantages and disadvantages of digital signals
  21. Sketch difference between how cell phones and wired phones send signals (extra)
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