Sound and Vibration

In General Sound waves travel the slowest in __________

• solid

• liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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Sound waves help us:

• see

• hear

• smell

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PEOPLE make sound waves when they:

• sing

• whisper

• yell

• stand quietly

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Animals make sound waves when they:

• stand still

• growl

• bark

• chirp

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Machines create sound waves too.

• false

• true

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Sound waves CAN travel in outer space.

• false

• true

Animals that use sound to hunt and to communicate:

• bats

• dolphins

• whales

• snakes

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Jacob stretched a rubber band between his index fingers. When his friend plucked it, a sound was made. Which is the best explanation for why sound was heard?

• The air around the rubber band was heated

• The rubber band absorbs energy from the air

• The rubber band releases molecules into the air causing sound

• The rubber band vibrates the air

Sound is made when a source of energy forces the matter to _________.

• shake

• vibrate

• move

• stay still

Mona hits a tambourine with her hand and makes it vibrate. She then puts the tambourine on a table and stops the vibration. What happened to the sound of the tambourine?

• The sound stops because the table absorbs the sound

• The sound stops because the vibrations have stopped

• The sound continues but it has a lower pitch because of the table

• The sound continues but it isn’t as loud because of the table

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