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Sounds Around Us: Loud and Soft, High and Low — Answers

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Sounds Around Us: Loud and Soft, High and Low — Answers

Part A: How sounds are made

Read the box. Then circle the best answer.

Sounds are made when something vibrates. To vibrate means to shake back and forth very fast.

We hear sounds with our ears.

Sounds can be loud or soft. Sounds can be high (like a whistle) or low (like a big drum).

A sound is louder when you are close to it. It is softer when you are far away.

1.What do we use to hear sounds?
  1. Aour eyes
  2. Bour ears
  3. Cour nose
  4. Dour hands

Answer: our ears

Our ears pick up sounds.

2.When you hit a drum, the drum skin…
  1. Amelts
  2. Bgoes dark
  3. Cvibrates
  4. Dgets bigger

Answer: vibrates

The drum skin shakes very fast. This shaking is called vibrating, and it makes the sound.

3.Which sound is high?
  1. Aa big drum
  2. Ba lion's roar
  3. Ca deep voice
  4. Da bird's whistle

Answer: a bird's whistle

A small bird makes a high, squeaky sound. Big drums and roars are low.

4.How can you make a drum sound louder?
  1. AHit it harder.
  2. BHit it more gently.
  3. CCover your eyes.
  4. DWalk away from it.

Answer: Hit it harder.

A harder hit makes bigger vibrations, so the sound is louder.

Part B: True or false?

Write True or False.

5.A sound gets softer as you walk away from it.

Answer: True

The further away you are, the softer the sound.

6.Very loud sounds can hurt our ears.

Answer: True

Cover your ears or move away from very loud sounds to keep them safe.

Part C: Match and fill

7.Match each sound to the word that fits it best.
  • a whisper
  • a fire alarm
  • a mouse squeak
  • loud
  • high
  • soft

Answer: a whisper → soft; a fire alarm → loud; a mouse squeak → high

8.Sounds are made when things (answer space).

Answer: vibrate

Also accept: shake.

Part D: Working scientifically: listening walk

Go for a walk with a grown-up. Stop, close your eyes and listen for one minute. Write or draw the sounds you hear.

9.Write one loud sound and one soft sound you heard.

Answer: Any loud sound (e.g. a dog barking, a truck) and any soft sound (e.g. leaves rustling, a clock ticking).

10.Which sound was the highest? How do you know?

Model answer: A bird singing was the highest. It sounded squeaky like a whistle.

Success criteria:

  • Names a sound
  • Describes it as high, squeaky or like a whistle
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