of sound Exercise 6.1A Comparing sound waves Focus In this exercise, you will compare sound waveforms as they are seen on an oscilloscope screen. Zara plays four different notes on the flute. The diagram shows how the four wavelforms from these notes appear on an oscilloscope screen. You can refer to each wave once, more than once or not at all.
1 Which is the loudest sound?..
2 Which has the largest amplitude?
3 Which is the quietest sound? 4 Which is the highest pitch sound?. 5 Which is the lowest pitch sound? Which has the highest frequency?.
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Exercise 6.1B Drawing sound waves
Practice In this exercise. you will draw sound waveforms as they appear on oscilloscope sereens using your understanding of amplitude and frequency. This diagram shows the waveform of a sound.
1 On this blank grid. draw how the
waveform appears when: the amplitude increases the frequency stays the samc.
2 On this blank grid, draw how the
waveform appears when: the Irequency increases the amplitude stays the same.
3 On this blank grid, draw how the
waveform appears when: the amplitude decreases the frequency decreases.