Quiz about sound grade 4

Question 1

how high or low a sound is

Accepted Answer

pitch

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frequency

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volume

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vibration

Question 2

A back and forth movement of matter

Accepted Answer

vibration

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volume

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pitch

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frequency

Question 3

How does sound travel?

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Sounds travels in waves

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sound travels slow

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sound travels fast

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sound doesn't travel

Question 4

What is volume?

Accepted Answer

how loud or soft sound is

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How high or low a sounds is

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reflected sound that comes back and is repeated

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movement back and forth

Question 5

Sound travels fastest through...

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solids/metals

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gas

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liquid

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space

Question 6

Sounds travels slowest through...

Accepted Answer

gas

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space

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solids/metals

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liquids

Question 7

Why can't we hear sound in space?

Accepted Answer

Space has no mass / no gas/ solids/ liquids

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can't take our helmet off to hear

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because it's dark

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Don't know, I've never been to space

Question 8

An object that does not vibrate cannot produce

Accepted Answer

sound

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light

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heat

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electricity

Question 9

A place where no sound exists is...

Accepted Answer

space

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in the air

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under water

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all of the above

Question 10

__________ means to move back and forth quickly.

Accepted Answer

Vibration

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Pitch

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Amplitude

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Echo

Question 11

Sound is a form of energy produced by ______________.

Accepted Answer

vibrations

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distances

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prisms

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Ms. Crews

Question 12

The volume of a sound is measured in units called ________

Accepted Answer

decibels

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liters

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sound waves

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inches per minute

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Vibrations travel through the door and the window

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Vibrations are absorbed in the doors and windows

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Vibrations are reflected inside the room

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Vibrations echo in the room

Question 14

Which sentence BEST describes how sound moves?

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Sound can move through solids, liquids, or gases.

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Sound can move through empty space or through matter.

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

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

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of sound traveling through a solid?

Accepted Answer

When you hear people in another room

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When you hear things underwater

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When you are talking to the person next to you

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Sound cannot travel through solids

Question 16

When people speak their ________ vibrate.

Accepted Answer

vocal chords

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ear drums

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ears

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tongue

Question 17

Sound waves travel the SLOWEST through _____________.

Accepted Answer

gases

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solids

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liquids

Question 18

The volume of a sound is measured in units called ________

Accepted Answer

decibels

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liters

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sound waves

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inches per minute

Question 19

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?

Accepted Answer

Sound waves travel through solids like the string.

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Sound waves travel through a vacuum.

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Sound waves travel from high to low.

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

Question 20

Which is not a group of musical instruments?

Accepted Answer

brasswinds

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woodwinds

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strings

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percussion

Question 21

How do woodwind instruments create different pitches?

Accepted Answer

by changing the amount of air inside the instrument

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by altering how hard you blow into the instrument

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by altering the shape of your mouth as you blow into the instrument

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by changing the elasticity of the air

Question 22

A longer column of air creates a sound with:

Accepted Answer

lower pitch

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higher pitch

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louder sound

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less loud sound

Question 23

Thicker strings make what type of sound?

Accepted Answer

lower pitched

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higher pitched

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louder

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softer

Question 24

How do string instruments make sound?

Accepted Answer

the strings vibrate the air around it causing noise

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the strings vibrate making noise

Question 25

Shorter strings create what type of sound?

Accepted Answer

higher pitched

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softer

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louder

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lower pitched

Question 26

Which of these do not affect the sound made by a string instrument

Accepted Answer

how hard you pluck the string

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length of the string

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tightness of the string

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thickness of the string

Question 27

Sound is produced by -----

Accepted Answer

Vibrations

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Heat energy

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Low temperatures

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Friction

Question 28

True or False: Sound needs a medium.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 29

What is sound measured in?

Accepted Answer

decibels (dB)

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metres (m)

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kilograms (kg)

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millilitres (ml)

Question 30

_____________ instruments are instruments that you have to hit or shake in order to make a sound.

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Percussion

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Brass

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Woodwind

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String

Question 31

Sounds are ...

Accepted Answer

vibrations that travel through the air and can be heard by a person's ear.

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a type of force

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a type of electricity

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a type of magnet

Question 32

Another word for quiet is ...

Accepted Answer

faint

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heavy

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high

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low

Question 33

An example of a man-made sound is ...

Accepted Answer

a trumpet playing

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wind blowing

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waves crashing

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rain falling

Question 34

All musical instruments create sound through ___.

Accepted Answer

vibrations

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strings

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hitting

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blowing

sound grade 4

34 questions

how high or low a sound is

A back and forth movement of matter

How does sound travel?

What is volume?

Sound travels fastest through...

Sounds travels slowest through...

Why can't we hear sound in space?

An object that does not vibrate cannot produce

A place where no sound exists is...

__________ means to move back and forth quickly.

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