How sound travels OALH

By Xenia Bennett
Last updated about 4 years ago
30 Questions
Do now - 5 mins

What type of wave is a sound wave?

What do all sources of sound do to produce a sound wave?

Describe the oscillations in a longitudinal wave.

Name the piece of equipment used to measure the volume of a liquid

Convert 0.2m into mm.

Draw and label a transverse wave. Include the following: Wavelength, Peak, Trough, Amplitude

Checking for understanding questions

What is the name given to something that produces a sound?

Describe what a medium is.

What is a vacuum?

Sound can travel through a vacuum.....True or False?

What type of energy transfer is sound?

Look, Cover, Write, Check

What do all sources of sound do?

What happens to the particles surrounding the source.

How do we describe the oscillating particles between the source and detector?

Why can’t sounds travel in space.

Which type of energy transfer is sound.

Recall quiz

All sources of sound ___________.

The particles around the source…

Sound transfers energy by __________

A medium is…

Sound cannot travel in space because...

I do, We do, You do

Describe how sound travels from the tuning fork.

Rabbits thump the ground with their feet to signal to other rabbits. Describe how sounds travel from one rabbit to another.

Independant writing task

Independant task - There is no air in space.
Astronauts in space cannot hear sounds from outside their spacesuits.
Explain this.


When sound waves reach a material, some of the energy of the sound is reflected and some is transmitted through the material.
(a) Complete the sentence.
Sound waves are caused by ____________________________________________

Plenary - exit ticket

State the law of conservation of energy

Give the energy transfers that occur for a bike slowing down

Define pitch

If a source of noise produced big, quick vibrations/ocillations, what would the noise sound like?

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