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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
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1.
Sound will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?
a)
milk
b)
desk
c)
air
d)
door
2.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
3.
Sound is caused by?
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
4.
What is frequency?
a)
the number of vibrations per second
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
the loudness or softness of a sound
d)
the back and forth movement of matter
5.
Sound is a form of?
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
6.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
7.
This word refers to any substance that sound can travel through. Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
a)
Decibel
b)
Medium
c)
Vibration
d)
Oscilloscope
8.
This machine allows scientists to "see" soundwaves on a monitor. With it they are able to measure the frequency, wavelength, and amplitude of different soundwaves.
a)
Decibel
b)
Medium
c)
Vibration
d)
Oscilloscope
9.
You will see a flash of lightening before you hear the thunder that goes with it because-
a)
the eye is quicker than the ear
b)
thunder occurs much later than lightening
c)
sound travels faster through the atmosphere than light
d)
light travels faster through the atmosphere than sound
10.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
11.
What is volume?
a)
how high or low a sound is
b)
the loudness or softness of a sound
c)
the number of vibrations per second
d)
vibrations
12.
how high or low a sound seems
a)
pitch
b)
patch
c)
pihment
d)
scream
13.
Which travels faster, light or sound?
a)
Light
b)
Sound
14.
What do you get if you combine all of the colors in visible light?
a)
bright light
b)
white light
c)
brilliant light
d)
neon light
15.
Which is translucent?
a)
tissue paper
b)
air
c)
wood
d)
clear plastic
16.
Which is transparent?
a)
a wooden fence
b)
clean water
c)
aluminum foil
d)
a purple balloon
17.
A concave lens curves _____________.
a)
outward
b)
inward
c)
opaque
18.
What happens when light hits a mirror?
a)
it makes a color
b)
it reflects
c)
it makes a rainbow
d)
it passes through
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