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WorksheetsSound Waves and How You Hear
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
____________________ is half the distance between a wave's crest and its trough
a)
crest
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
trough
2.
____________________ is the highest part of a wave
a)
crest
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
trough
3.
____________________ is the number of waves that move past one spot in a second
a)
energy
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
4.
____________________ is the lowest part of a wave
a)
energy
b)
amplitude
c)
trough
d)
frequency
5.
____________________ is the distance between two crests
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
trough
d)
frequency
6.
Sound is a kind of energy that moves in ______________
a)
waves
b)
space
7.
Sound waves ________________ move through all kinds of matter
a)
cannot
b)
can
8.
All sounds are made by ____________________ objects
a)
still
b)
vibrating
9.
Sound waves, like waves in a pond, move ______________ in circles from their source.
a)
inward
b)
outward
10.
Sound waves move more quickly through _________________ matter
a)
dense
b)
light
11.
True or False: Energy does not move in waves.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True or False: Sound waves cannot move through matter.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
True or False: You cannot see sound waves.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
True or False: All sounds are made by vibrating objects.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or False: Sound waves move outward in circles from the person hearing the sound.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The quality of being high or low is a sound's __________________
a)
loudness
b)
amplitude
c)
frequency
d)
pitch
17.
True or False: The wavelength of a sound is the distance between the crests of two of its waves.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A sound's pitch is based on the _____________ of its sound waves
a)
loudness
b)
amplitude
c)
frequency
d)
pitch
19.
Waves with a high frequency have a ________________ sound
a)
high
b)
soft
c)
low
d)
amplitude
20.
Waves with a low frequency have a ________________ sound
a)
high
b)
soft
c)
low
d)
amplitude
21.
Which of these is NOT a part of the ear?
a)
Inner
b)
Exo
c)
Middle
d)
Outer
22.
What is the first step in the hearing process?
a)
vibrations from the eardrum are passed to small bones
b)
the moving liquid bends tiny hairs in your inner ear
c)
The outside part of the ear catches the sound waves through the air
d)
the sound waves move down the auditory canal
23.
What is the final step in the hearing process?
a)
vibrations from the eardrum are passed to small bones
b)
the moving liquid bends tiny hairs in sound waves make the eardrum vibrate
c)
The outside part of the ear catches the sound waves through the air
d)
the auditory nerves turn the movements of the tiny hairs into signals and send them to the brain
24.
Which of these is NOT part of the three small bones in the inner ear (the ossicles)?
a)
Hammer
b)
Paddle
c)
Anvil
d)
Stirrup
25.
The auditory nerve sends signals to the ___________________
a)
hair follicles
b)
eyelids
c)
heart
d)
brain
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