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NAME: _________________________________________ HOUR:______________ SOUND WEBQUEST Go to this website: http://www.philtulga.com/MSSActivities.html 1. Sound is a form of _______________________________________. 2. Can sound travel through space? ____________ 3. Why do sounds that are farther away sound softer? ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 4. Click on the STANDING WAVES activity in Blue. Play the Bugle Calls and watch the waves. How do these instruments produce sound? ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Click the back button to get back to the main page. 5. What is Volume? ________________________________________________________ How is it measured? (unit) __________________ 6. List the dBs for the following: Whisper __________________________ Lawn Mower ______________________ Jet Takeoff ________________________ 7. What is the loudest sound ever described by humans? When did it occur?_________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 8. What is the loudest animal sound? __________________________________________________ 9. How fast does sound travel? _______________________________________________________ 10.How does temperature affect the speed of sound? ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 11.Sound travels fastest through _________________________ and slowest through ___________. Click on the THUNDERSTORM STOPWATCH activity in Blue. 12.We see lightning before we hear thunder because ______________________________________________________________ ________________. 13.Do the activity after reading the instructions. How far away was your storm? ____________________________ Click the Back button to get back to the main page. 14. What is pitch? How is it measured? ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 15.Shorter instruments have a __________________ pitch. Why? ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Click on the TONE SYNTHESIZER. Play different notes on the keyboard and adjust the pitch. Click on SONGS and use your keyboard to play a song! What song did you play? ____________________________________________ Click the back button to get back to the main page. 16. Humans can hear between ________________ and _________________ Hz. 17.List 3 animals with the ability to hear lower frequencies _____________________________________________________________ 18.What animal can hear the highest frequency? _________________________ 19. Play with the PANPIPES, XYLOPHONES, and GLOCKENSPIEL to see how different instruments play different pitches and frequencies. Which one did you like the best? Why? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Go to this website to do the following activities: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/decibel/pages/decibel.aspx 20. Click on the INTERACTIVE SOUND RULER. If you are exposed to sound over ___________ dB, you can cause permanent damage to your ears. List 5 sounds over this loudness. _____________________________________________________________ _________________ Go to this website and take the interactive quiz. When finished answer the questions below: http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/portfolio/whale-sounds/ 21.Whales and dolphins use sound for _________________ and ____________________________. 22.Do the Whale Sounds activities. Which whale was easiest to identify? _____________________ Which Whale species made the highest pitched sound?________________________________ If you have any extra time, explore the activities and games on this website!