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1. Aiko makes different sounds.
Vibrations allow her to hear the sounds.
a) What is vibrating to allow Aiko to hear the sound?
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b) Describe how Aiko increases the volume of the sound?
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c) Describe two different ways Aiko increases the pitch of the sound.
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2. This is a diagram of a drum.
A drum is a musical instrument.
A drum has a material stretched over the drum shell.
The material is hit by a drum stick to make a sound.
The smaller the drum shell the higher the pitch of the sound.
The tighter the material is stretched over the drum shell the higher the
pitch.
a) Ahmed hits the material of a drum with a drum stick.
What happens to the material as it makes a sound?
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b) Suggest one way Ahmed makes a louder sound with the drum.
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c) Ahmed makes two changes to the drum.
The drum now makes a sound with a lower pitch.
Describe the two changes he makes to the drum.
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3. Pitch describes sound.
Volume also describes sound.
Which words best describe the volume of sound?
Circle the correct answer.
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4. The table shows the lowest pitch and highest pitch of five musical
instruments.
a) Which musical instrument has 220 units as its lowest pitch?
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b) What is the highest pitch of the trombone?
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c) Which musical instrument has the largest difference in pitch?
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d) Look at the picture of a gong.
Complete the sentences.
When the gong is hit hard it makes a ……………………………….. sound.
When the gong is hit with less force it makes a …………………………………..
sound.
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5. Lily investigates how different surfaces affect the loudness of sound.
She drops a pen onto a surface and listens to the sound it makes.
Lily describes the loudness of the sound using numbers.
Number 1 is the quietest and number 10 is the loudest.
Here are her results.
a) Which surface made the loudest sound?
Circle the correct answer.
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b) Complete the bar chart to show the loudness of sound for each material.
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c) Complete these sentences about sound.
Sound is made when an object …………………………………………………
Loud and quiet describe the volume of a sound.
High and low describe the …………………………………………………… of a sound.
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