Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?

Solid molecules are packed tightly.

Gas molecules are packed tightly.

Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.

You stand outside a room that has the doors and windows closed. Why can you still hear sounds made inside the room?

Vibrations travel through the door and the window

Vibrations are absorbed in the doors and windows

Vibrations are reflected inside the room

Why do we see lightning before we hear the thunder?

Light travels faster than sound

Which sentence BEST describes how sound moves?

Sound can move through solids, liquids, or gases.

Sound can move through empty space or through matter.

Sound can move through solids and liquids but not through gases.

Sound can move through liquids and gases but not through solids.

Sarah and Maria made a telephone using two cans and a string. It was a very long string. Maria went upstairs in her house and Sarah stayed downstairs. Maria spoke softly into the can. "I can hear you!' Sarah said back. How can this happen?

Sound waves travel through solids like the string.

Sound waves travel through a vacuum.

Sound waves travel from high to low.

Maria talked so loudly that Sarah could hear her without the phone.

Will a homemade telephone made of two cans and a string work better with a tightly-woven string or a loosely-woven string?

a tightly woven string because sound waves travel best through dense materials

a tightly woven string because it will not come apart as easily

a loosely woven string because the sound waves have more room to move

a loosely woven string because sound waves travel best through less dense materials

All About Sound

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Science

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1st - 5th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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NGSS

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

Standards-aligned

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29 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you hear a bell ring, the source of sound is...

your ear

the bell

air

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sound can travel through...

only solids

only liquids

only gases

solids, liquids and gases

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sounds are made because of ....

vibrations

light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which part of our body, can sense vibrations and hear the sounds?

The nose

The eyes

The ear

The tongue

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you speak and touch your throat, you feel some vibrations. What is vibrating inside?

Vocal cords

Ear drum

Guitar strings

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you make a string telephone, it is important that the string is ....

tight

loose

long

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Whales communicate under water with the help of .....

light

smell

sounds

touch

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All About Sound

29 questions

When you hear a bell ring, the source of sound is...

Sound can travel through...

Sounds are made because of ....

Which part of our body, can sense vibrations and hear the sounds?

When you speak and touch your throat, you feel some vibrations. What is vibrating inside?

When you make a string telephone, it is important that the string is ....

Whales communicate under water with the help of .....

Sound cannot travel through....

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