Secondary Science Syllabus

Substrand: "8.6 Heat and sound" Outcomes


General Learning Outcome(s)

8.6.6 know that vibration of particles of matter causes sound waves (k)


Specific Learning Outcome(s)

At the end of this activity you should be able to demonstrate the following ability:

8.6.6.1 describe sound caused by vibrating particles
8.6.6.2 state that sound has pitch and loudness
8.6.6.3 list 4 local materials as source of sound in the order of increasing pitch
8.6.6.4 state that sound need medium to travel: solid, liquid and gas
8.6.6.5 state that sound moves as a wave, formed by compression and rare-fractions of particles

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