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Quiz: Rubber Band Guitar Lesson Plan

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1. Explain in your own words how a guitar string makes a sound that we can hear. You can draw a picture if it helps with your explanation. Where relevant, use the terms from the Word Bank above.
2. The figure below shows a representation of four different sound waves. Which of these sound waves generates the sound with the highest pitch?
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3. Every wave can have different properties. Which wave characteristics are represented by A and B in the diagram shown below?
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4. The graph below shows data recorded with the phyphox app during a rubber band guitar experiment in which a guitar string was plucked 8 times in total (see numbers in graph). What did the experimenter do to increase the pitch of the sound in the dark grey section of the graph compared to the light grey section?
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5. Alex plucks a guitar string to generate a musical note. What can Alex do to produce a sound wave with a higher amplitude for the next note? What effect does a higher amplitude have on the sound the string makes? Explain in your own words below, using relevant terms from the Word Bank above.

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