Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

1,000,000 500,000 300,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 175,000 100,000 4th Grade Topic 3 4th Grade Topic 4 50,000 3rd Grade Topic 5 3rd Grade Topic 6 25,000 10,000 2nd Grade Topic 7 2nd Grade Topic 8 5,000 2,000 1st Grade Topic 9 1st Grade Topic 10 1,000

5th Grade Topic 1 Question • If Dylan and Ashlee were plucking a string on a guitar and they wanted to create a higher pitch sound, what would they need to do to the string?

5th Grade Topic 1 Answer • Dylan and Ashlee would need to shorten the string on the guitar to make it a higher pitch sound. Return

5th Grade Topic 2 Question • Which string would vibrate the fastest on a guitar? A long string, medium string, or a short string?

5th Grade Topic 2 Answer • The short string would vibrate the fastest. This string would produce a high pitched sound. Return

4th Grade Topic 3 Question • Which pitch has the slowest vibration? Low, medium, or high pitch?

4th Grade Topic 3 Answer • A low pitch has the slowest vibration. Return

4th Grade Topic 4 Question • How does sound travel? Describe where sound starts and how it travels to its ending point.

4th Grade Topic 4 Answer • Sound starts at a sound source, travels though a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) and ends at a sound receiver. Return

3rd Grade Topic 5 Question • How is sound made?

3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer • Sound is made through vibrations from an object or material in a way that creates sound. Return

3rd Grade Topic 6 Question • What would happen to sound if Miss Blier plucked the string on the guitar or hit the tuning fork harder?

3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer • The sound will be louder if Miss Blier plucked the guitar string or hit the tuning fork harder. • (Because the vibrations will be moving faster.)

2nd Grade Topic 7 Question • If Daniel had a thin rubber band and Emma had a thick rubber band and both of them plucked their rubber bands, what would the difference be in sound?

2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer • Daniel’s rubber band would create a higher pitched sound. (Faster vibrations.) • Emma’s rubber band would create a lower pitched sound. (Slower vibrations.) Return

2nd Grade Topic 8 Question • If Caden wanted to create a medium pitched sound, which string would he choose?

2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer • Caden would choose the medium string to create a medium pitched sound. Return

1st Grade Topic 9 Question • What is amplification? Describe one way you could amplify sound.

1st Grade Topic 9 Answer • Amplification is making sound louder. You can amplify sounds through different mediums or you can also amplify sound through a megaphone. Return

1st Grade Topic 10 Question • What is frequency? How do you create high frequency? How do you create low frequency?

1st Grade Topic 10 Answer • Frequency is the speed at which something vibrates. • To create a high frequency, one would need fast vibrations • To create a low frequency, one would need slow vibrations. Return

Million Dollar QuestionGrade Level Topic 11

1,000,000 Question • Nikolas heard a penny drop on a wood table. Describe how his ear perceived the sound. How does the ear work? What parts make up an ear?

1,000,000 Answer • The ear has three main parts: the outer, middle and inner ear. The outer ear (the part you can see) opens into the ear canal. The eardrum is at the end of the ear canal and separates the outer ear from the middle ear. Small bones in the middle ear help transfer sound to the inner ear. The inner ear contains the auditory (hearing) nerve, which leads to the brain. Any source of sound sends vibrations or sound waves into the air. These go in the ear opening, down the ear canal, and strike your eardrum, causing it to vibrate. The vibrations are passed to the small bones of the middle ear which transmit them to the hearing nerve in the inner ear. Here, the vibrations become nerve impulses and go directly to the brain, which interprets the impulses as sound (music, voice, a car horn, and so forth.). Return

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