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Here are the answers to the evaluation questions: 1. Sound is produced by vibrations. When an object vibrates, it causes the air molecules around it to vibrate. These vibrations travel through the air in the form of sound waves. 2. Two factors that determine the intensity of sound are: - Amplitude - The greater the amplitude of the vibrations, the louder the sound. Higher amplitude means greater intensity. - Distance from source - The farther away from the source of sound, the lower the intensity as the sound waves spread out. Intensity decreases with distance. 3. The main properties of sound are: - Sound travels in waves. - Sound can be reflected, absorbed, or

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Science 4 3.3

Here are the answers to the evaluation questions: 1. Sound is produced by vibrations. When an object vibrates, it causes the air molecules around it to vibrate. These vibrations travel through the air in the form of sound waves. 2. Two factors that determine the intensity of sound are: - Amplitude - The greater the amplitude of the vibrations, the louder the sound. Higher amplitude means greater intensity. - Distance from source - The farther away from the source of sound, the lower the intensity as the sound waves spread out. Intensity decreases with distance. 3. The main properties of sound are: - Sound travels in waves. - Sound can be reflected, absorbed, or

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Learning Area Science 4

LEARNING
Module No. 3.3
MODULE
School Year and Quarter 3rd Quarter 2021-2022
Teacher Mr. Nelson T. Manalo, LPT

I. Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC)


Investigate properties and characteristics of light and sound

Topic The Properties and Characteristics of a Sound

Discussion
Know It
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Properties of Sound

#1: Sound travels. #2: Sound can be reflected (bounce).


 

#3: Sound can be absorbed (not bounce).

#4: Sound can be modified


(e.g., pitch and loudness).

 
#5: Sound is caused by vibrations.

Sound is a longitudinal wave which consists of compressions and rarefactions travelling through a medium. Sound
wave can be described by five (5) characteristics: Wavelength, Amplitude, Time-Period, Frequency and Velocity or
Speed. The minimum distance in which a sound waves repeats itself is called its wavelength.

Characteristics of sound.

The three characteristics of sound are: Loudness, Pitch and Quality or timbre.
The sound that we hear around us is the type of energy made by the vibration that travels through the air or any other
medium and can be heard when it reaches a person’s ear.  So, basically sound helps us to communicate with the other
person. For example, we can hear the musical instruments like tabla, flute, a guitar due to vibration. The characteristics of
sound are as follows:

 Pitch
 Loudness
 Quality
Sound is a form of energy produced by vibrations.

Pitch - is a characteristic of sound by which a correct note can be distinguished from a grave or a flat note. We can
identify a female and male voice without seeing them. The term ‘pitch’ is often used in music. Pitch depends upon the
frequencies of the sound wave. A note has a higher pitch when the frequency is high and a note of low frequency has a
low pitch. For example, when a small baby speaks something, his/her voice has a higher frequency so in case of a baby
the pitch is higher than the pitch of a man. The sound with a high frequency is called as shrill.

How high or low a sound seems to a listener is called pitch. Pitch depends on the frequency of sound waves. Recall that
the frequency of waves is the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time. High-pitched sounds,
like the sounds of a piccolo, have high-frequency waves. This means they vibrate quickly. The sound of a tuba is a
low frequency. The sound waves vibrate more slowly. The length of the instrument tubing is what determines the
frequency.  

Loudness
The loudness is a sensation of how strong a sound wave is at a place. It is always a relative term and is a dimensionless
quantity. Loudness is measured in decibel (dB). It is given as:
L = log(I), here ‘I’ is the intensity.
The loudness depends on the amplitude of the vibration. It will be louder when the amplitude is high. Suppose when we
pluck a string of the sitar it starts vibrating with low amplitude and if we apply more energy by plucking more strongly, the
string will vibrate with the greater amplitude and produce a loud sound. As the amplitude of vibration increases, sound also
increases.

Quality
The word timbre also describes the term quality. As different sources produce different sounds, the timbre helps us to
distinguish between them. A sound of good quality is pleasant to listen. The instruments are of different shapes and size and
they produce different harmonics of loudness hence their sound can be easily distinguished.

Frequency - number of wavelengths that occur in a period of time.


Name: ____________________________________________________Science 4 Module 3.3

Learning Activity No. 1

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Direction: A

1. What is frequency?
A. amount of time it takes a wave to travel.
B. how much pitch a wave has.
C. number of wavelengths that occur in a period of time.
2. True or False:  You cannot see sound waves.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
3. The quality of being high or low is a sound's __________________
A. pitch
B. loudness
C. frequency
4. Waves with a high frequency have a ________________ sound
A. High
B. Low
C. Soft
5. A sound's pitch is based on the _____________ of its sound waves
A. frequency
B. loudness
C. pitch
6. Sound waves ________________ move through all kinds of matter
A. cannot B. can

7. ____________________ is the distance between two crests

A. wavelength
B. through
C. amplitude

8. ____________________ is half the distance between a wave's crest and its trough
A. wavelength
B. trough
C. amplitude

9. True or False:  Energy does not move in waves.


A. FALSE B. TRUE

10. Sound is a kind of energy that moves in ______________


A. waves B. space
Evaluation
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Direction: Answer the following questions:

1. How is sound produce?

2. Identify two factors that determine the intensity of sound.

3. What is the properties of sound?

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