Sound Quiz

What medium does sound travel through slowest?

• gas

• solid

• liquid

• trees

Sound is caused by....

• molecules

• vibrations

• people

• space

Sound does not travel in space because

• Space is too far away.

• There is no matter in space.

• Space is the final frontier

• Space has planets.

Sound is caused by? 

• force

• vibrations

• instruments

What is vibration?

• how loud a sound is

• the back and forth movement of matter

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

What is frequency?

• the number of vibrations per second

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

• the back and forth movement of matter

Measure of how high or low a sound is

• amplitude

• compression

• speed of sound

• pitch

A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.

• louder

• softer

• higher

• lower

Sound is a form of? 

• energy

• pitch

• volume

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

• Air

• Empty space

• Metal

• Water