Sound Energy

Which number on the diagram shows rarefaction?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Sound travels best through which form of matter?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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A person will see a flash of lightening before they hear the roar of thunder because-

• Light travels faster through the atmosphere than sound.

• Sound travels faster through the atmosphere than sound.

• The eye is quicker than the ear.

• The thunder occurs much later than the lightening.

The highness and lowness of sound describes which vocabulary word?

• wavelength

• trough

• pitch

• frequency

Sound is a type of energy that is transmitted through-

• light

• heat

• electrons

• waves

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Which of these materials transmits sound fastest?

• water in a pool

• a metal rod

• air in a balloon

• empty space

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Blowing through a straw will produce a sound. Which straw will make the highest pitch?

• The thinnest straw

• The thickest straw

Mrs. Vasquez shouts down a well and hears an echo. What causes the echo?

• Sound is absorbed at a surface

• sound reflected from a surface

• the frequency of sound vibrations increases

• the frequency of sound vibrations decreases

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The distance between crests or troughs is called _______________.

• frequency

• wavelength

• amplitude

• infrasonic

The maximum distance a wave vibrates from its rest position is called ______________.

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

• crest

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