Sonar and Echolocation

Sonar and Echolocation

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Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-1, MS-LS1-8

+2

Standards-aligned

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Shameeka Shepard

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___

frequency
amplitude
speed
volume

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This is the unit used to measure the volume of a sound. 

Decibel
Medium
Vibration
Oscilloscope

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is what you get when sound waves are reflected, or bounce back, off of a hard surface.

Amplitude
Pitch
Volume
Echo

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

True or False: Can sound travel through a vacuum (space).

True
False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

True or False: Sound travels better through solids than through liquids

True 
False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

_____ is a method of locating things underwater using echolocation.

trees
solar
sonar
turpentine

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Bats use ________ TO LOCATE MOSQUITOES IN THE AIR.

sonar

ecology

echolocation

evolution

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