Across
- 2. First one to try and measure the speed of sound: Pierre ____________
- 5. An __________ region of air is usually needed to make the sound louder (amplified)
- 12. Music note with a wavelength of about 1.3 metres
- 13. Musical instrument that works by air being blown across a thin wooden reed
- 16. When sound is repeatedly reflected from hard surfaces
- 17. Where air particles in a sound wave are further apart than normal
- 18. The higher the frequency the longer the ___________
- 20. 340m/s is the accepted value of the speed of what?
- 21. Unit of frequency
Down
- 1. Moving compressions and rarefactions in air
- 3. Musical instrument that is a long tube for air to vibrate in
- 4. All sounds are caused by ____________
- 6. The frequency of sound determines its _______
- 7. Louder sounds have a greater __________
- 8. Sound can't travel through empty ________
- 9. Where air particles in a sound wave are closer together than normal
- 10. Often used to absorb sound in theatres
- 11. Like _______, sound can be transmitted, reflected, or absorbed
- 12. A device used to covert sound into electrical energy
- 14. When blown across, a short straw vibrates ________ than a long one
- 15. A low sound has a lower ___________ than a high sound
- 19. Musical instrument that works by plucking its strings