MATTER AND ENERGY P.6 assignment

Learners’ Activity

1. In one sentence explain the term sound
2. List two main sources of sound
3. How is sound produced
4. Give a difference between noise and music
5. How does the voice of a human being produce sound
6. In which way drums similar to xylophones
7. In the space below draw one example of a percussion instrument
8. Why is panpipe called a wind instrument?
9. Apart from panpipes give any two other examples of wind musical instruments
10. How would you change the pitch of sound in a bottle half filled with water?
11. Write two examples of string instruments
12. How does a bow harp produce sound

 Compare the human ear with the organs of other animals used for hearing e.g. the snake, fish, insects, amphibians, birds.