Welcome to your B5 Practice Questions 2.2 – Volume and pitch

1. 
What is the volume of a sound?

2. 

A sound is louder when the vibrations are .

3. 
A decibel (dB) is the unit we use to measure sound.

4. 

We can measure the volume of sound with a sound level .

5. 
Very loud sounds can damage our ears. How loud are they?

6. 

describes how high or low a sound is.

7. 
Thunder makes a high-pitched sound.

8. 

A whistle makes a -pitched sound.

9. 
Which vibrations produce a lower-pitched sound?

10. 

Fast vibrations produce a -pitched sound.

11. 
Elephants use very low-pitched sounds that we cannot hear.

12. 

Other elephants can hear these sounds up to kilometres away.

13. 
Which animal uses very high-pitched sounds that we cannot hear?

14. 

Some sounds have such a high or low pitch that cannot hear them.