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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
2.
Sound is caused by?
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
3.
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
4.
The amount of energy a wave carries corresponds with its ____.
a)
crest
b)
wavelength
c)
amplitude
d)
period
5.
How has resonance been responsible for collapsing bridges?
a)
resonace has led to earthquakes that tear down bridges
b)
resonance in bridges causes them to begin to vibrate and eventually collapse.
c)
resonance cannot tear down a bridge
d)
resonance causes the bridge to wear away over many years, and eventially fall
6.
when one object, vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object, forces that second object into vibration motion, it is called
a)
harmonics
b)
frequency
c)
amplitude
d)
resonance
7.
which is a tool that is used in medicine to view internal organs and pregnancy.
a)
radar
b)
doppler
c)
ultrasound
d)
sonar
8.
What happens to the sound an object makes when the speed of vibrations decreases (slow down)?
a)
its volume will increase
b)
its pitch rises
c)
its pitch becomes lower
d)
its volume decreases
9.
A note is played on a guitar. Next, a lower note is played on the guitar. Which of these statements describes the lower note?
a)
Both notes vibrated at the same speed.
b)
The second note vibrated slower.
c)
The second note vibrates at a higher frequency.
d)
The second note vibrated faster.
10.
Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?
a)
Gas molecules are packed tightly.
b)
Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.
c)
Solid molecules are packed tightly.
d)
Gas molecules move slowly.
11.
Sound will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?
a)
milk
b)
desk
c)
air
d)
door
12.
how high or low a sound seems
a)
pitch
b)
patch
c)
pihment
d)
scream
13.
Without matter, sound waves could not travel.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What causes an echo?
a)
sound waves bouncing off large, hard surfaces
b)
sound waves bouncing off carpet
c)
sound waves bouncing off tables and chairs
d)
you repeating yourself
15.
What is vibration?
a)
how loud a sound is
b)
the back and forth movement of matter
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the loudness or softness of a sound
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