Quiz about Sound Energy

Question 1

Sound travels through solids.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 2

1. Without matter, sound waves could not travel.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

1. Sound travels through gas.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 4

1. Sound travels fastest through gases (air).

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 5

1. Sound can be transmitted through objects.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 6

Sound is caused by?

Accepted Answer

<p>vibrations</p>

Answer

<p>friction</p>

Answer

instruments

Question 7

I am an astronaut, floating in my spacesuit in outer space.  I see another astronaut, floating in her spacesuit.  I want to communicate with her.  Which method would be successful?

Accepted Answer

shine a light in Morse code to represent letters

Answer

shout at her

Answer

make a loud bang

Answer

run over to her

Question 8

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

Accepted Answer

Metal

Answer

Air

Answer

Empty space

Answer

Water

Question 9

Measure of how high or low a sound is

Accepted Answer

pitch

Answer

amplitude

Answer

compression

Answer

speed of sound

Question 10

Which of the following best describes how a sound wave travels?

Accepted Answer

a marble dropped in a bowl of water

Answer

a branch moving back and forth

Answer

a car speeding up and down hills

Answer

a baseball hit by a bat

Question 11

The pitch of a stringed instrument can be affected by

Accepted Answer

the length of its strings

Answer

an object called a hammer

Answer

the size of a player's fingers

Answer

how hard it is struck or plucked

Question 12

Why does cupping your hands around your mouth when you shout make the sound travel further?

Accepted Answer

The sound energy is directed in one direction.

Answer

The sound spreads out.

Answer

Your voice gets louder.

Answer

You are screaming.

Question 13

What would happen if you tighten the strings on a guitar?

Accepted Answer

it would make a high pitch sound

Answer

it would make a low pitch sound

Answer

it produces a slow vibrations

Answer

it produces low frequency

Question 14

What is volume?

Accepted Answer

the loudness or softness of a sound

Answer

how high or low a sound is

Answer

the number of vibrations per second

Answer

vibrations

Question 15

What is frequency?

Accepted Answer

the number of vibrations per second

Answer

how high or low a sound is

Answer

the loudness or softness of a sound

Answer

the back and forth movement of matter

Question 16

What is vibration?

Accepted Answer

the back and forth movement of matter

Answer

how loud a sound is

Answer

how high or low a sound is

Answer

the loudness or softness of a sound

Question 17

What is pitch?

Accepted Answer

how high or low a sound is

Answer

the back and forth movement of matter

Answer

how loud a sound is

Answer

the number of vibrations per second

Question 18

What causes an echo?

Accepted Answer

sound waves bouncing off large, hard surfaces

Answer

sound waves bouncing off carpet

Answer

sound waves bouncing off trees and bushes

Answer

you repeating yourself

Question 19

Why is the school library covered with carpet?

Accepted Answer

to help absorb sounds to keep it quiet

Answer

So everyone can make a lot of noise

Answer

because it looks good

Answer

to help absorb sounds so it can stay noisy

Sound Energy

20 questions

Sound travels through solids.

1. Sound can’t travel through liquids.

1. Without matter, sound waves could not travel.

1. Sound travels through gas.

1. Sound travels fastest through gases (air).

1. Sound can be transmitted through objects.

Sound is caused by?

I am an astronaut, floating in my spacesuit in outer space. I see another astronaut, floating in her spacesuit. I want to communicate with her. Which method would be successful?

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

Measure of how high or low a sound is

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