Question

__________ refers to the distinctive character of a sound, or the quality that allows one to distinguish it from other sounds of similar pitch and loudness.
a. Amplitude
b. Timbre
c. Frequency
d. Purity

Answer 1

Timbre refers to the distinctive character of a sound, or the quality that allows one to distinguish it from other sounds of similar pitch and loudness.

Answer 2

The answer is timbre. Timbre is a feature of the sound, which is a wave. Other features of sound are pitch (related with frequency) and loudness. Timbre is the feature of sound that permit ear to distinguish sounds with the same frequency and loudness.