How Sound Travels?

When sound travels in solids, vibration is __________.

• fast

• irregular

• modorate

• slow

How does sound travel through air?

• very fast

• very slowly

• in jumping motion

• in random manner

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What affects the speed of the sound as it travels?

• person receiving it

• loudness of the sounds

• the origin of the sound

• the nature of the materials

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Which of the following statements about sound is correct?

• Sound cannot travel through solids.

• Sound travels faster in air than in liquid.

• Sound travels faster in solids than in air.

• Sound is not affected by the medium through which it travels.

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You are standing 5 meters away from your teacher. Why did you

immediately respond when she called your name?

• Sound travels in solids.

• Sound travels in liquids.

• Sound travels in air.

• Sound travels in a vacuum.

Compared to light, sound travels _________.

• faster

• slower

• at the same speed

• There is not enough information to compare the two

Which of the following would be most likely to transmit sound the

best?

• steel in cabinet

• water in the oceans

• air in your classroom

• water in the swimming pool

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On which place will we not be able to hear any sound?

• at the theater

• in the closed room

• in the spaceship

• in the outer space

Sound waves travel fastest in ___________.

• air

• liquid

• solid

• vacuum

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Sound is an energy produced by ______.

• vibration

• energy

• water

• Sound travels at the same speed in each of the above.

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