Sound Energy Review 5.5abc

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   Sound (Responses: must, must not) have a medium through which to travel, like a solid, liquid, or gas. Space has very few to no particles that can vibrate, thus sound waves (Responses: can, cannot) travel through space.

   • Answer Choices:

     • must, can

     • must, cannot

     • must not, can

     • must not, cannot

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A student is playing a guitar and wonders why plucking the string produces sound, but holding the string stops it. Which best explains how sound is produced?

• • A. When objects like guitar strings get hot, they produce sounds.

• • B. When objects like guitar strings stretch and shrink, they produce sounds.

• • C. When objects like guitar strings are plucked, they vibrate and produce sounds.

• • D. When objects like guitar strings are plucked, they attract electricity and produce sounds.

Sound travels (Responses: slower, quicker) through water than through air because the particles of water are (Responses: closer together, further apart).

• Answer Choices:

  • slower, closer together

  • slower, further apart

  • quicker, closer together

  • quicker, further apart

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• ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   Arrange the mediums in order from quickest to slowest for sound travel:

  • Gases

  • Liquids

  • Solids

• solids
• liquids
• gas
• liquids, gases, solids
• gases, solids, liquids
• solids, gases, liquids

What are the three types of matter through which sound travels?

• • A. Radios, televisions, and i-pods

• • B. Solids, liquids, and gases

• • C. Air, fountains, and solids

• • D. Waterfalls, rain, and lemonade

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Sound travels slowest through —

• • A. solids

• • B. liquids

• • C. gases

• • D. gold