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WorksheetsSound Waves
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 34mins
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Class
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1.
You and your family inspect an empty house with the hopes of buying it. You walk through the rooms talking to one another, and you notice that your voices and footsteps are echoing in the big, empty house. What causes the echo?
a)
sound waves reflecting off smooth, flat surfaces throughout the house
b)
sound waves circling around the large rooms
c)
sound waves moving slowly through air
d)
sound waves refracting around corners in the empty rooms
2.
If the distance (amplitude) represented by the letter A were increased, how would it change the way the sound was heard?
a)
The sound would be higher.
b)
The sound would be lower.
c)
The sound would be softer.
d)
The sound would be louder.
3.
If distance (wavelength) C on the diagram increased, what would happen to the pitch?
a)
The pitch would be louder.
b)
The pitch would be softer.
c)
The pitch would be higher.
d)
The pitch would be lower.
4.
Which letter represents the wave CREST?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
Which letter represents the wave TROUGH?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
A section of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together is called a _________.
a)
rarefaction
b)
vibration
c)
compression
d)
surface wave
7.
Which wave type causes particles to move back and forth in the same direction as the wave travels?
a)
Longitudinal Waves
b)
Transverse Waves
8.
Sound waves are ALWAYS what type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Depends
d)
always different
9.
When a sound is LOUDER what wave measurement gets bigger?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Speed
10.
A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave is called _________.
a)
sound
b)
wavelength
c)
pitch
d)
frequency
11.
Material (matter) through which a wave travels is called ______.
a)
a medium
b)
a vacuum
c)
sound
d)
pitch
12.
A medium is...
a)
a substance that transmits waves.
b)
a requirement for transmission of light waves.
c)
the movement of material in front of a sound wave.
d)
the density of air in a particular setting.
13.
What does PITCH depend on?
a)
wave amplitude
b)
wave frequency
c)
wave speed
14.
Which type of wave is pictured here?
a)
Surface Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
c)
Transverse Wave
d)
Electromagnetic Wave
15.
What is the wave feature indicated by B called?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
compression
d)
rarefaction
16.
What is the wave feature indicated by A called?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
compression
d)
rarefaction
17.
This is the unit used to measure the VOLUME of a sound.
a)
Decibel
b)
Medium
c)
Vibration
d)
Hertz
18.
This is the unit used to measure the PITCH of a sound.
a)
Decibel
b)
Medium
c)
Vibration
d)
Hertz
19.
This is what you get when sound waves are reflected, or bounce back, off of a hard surface.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Pitch
c)
Volume
d)
Echo
20.
Sound can travel through a vacuum (space).
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Sound waves are able to be heard around corners. This property of waves is known as_______.
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
d)
interference
22.
Sound waves are able to transmit, move, from one medium to another. This property of waves is known as_______.
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
d)
interference
23.
All sounds are made by ____________ objects
a)
still
b)
vibrating
24.
Sound waves, like waves in a pond, move ______________ in circles or crests from their source.
a)
inward
b)
outward
25.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
26.
Where is a place a person would hear NO sound?
a)
in a cave
b)
in a desert
c)
in space
d)
in water
27.
Think back to the hearing test video, a high frequency causes a _______ pitch.
a)
high
b)
low
28.
Think back to the hearing test video, a low frequency causes ________ pitch.
a)
high
b)
low
29.
Sound is a form of ______________ that travels as waves through ________________.
a)
wave / an energy
b)
energy / vibrations
c)
energy / a medium
d)
frequency / a medium
30.
When a car moves towards you, the sound of its horn seems relatively...
a)
low pitched
b)
high pitched
c)
normal
31.
When a car moves away from you, its horn seems...
a)
low pitched
b)
high pitched
c)
normal
32.
When someone is playing music in their car and you drive past them, the music will _______
a)
become higher and then lower
b)
become lower and then higher
c)
become lower
d)
become higher
33.
In a pitch-black night, you hear a police siren that is getting higher and louder. Is the police car is coming toward you or driving away from you?
a)
coming toward you
b)
away from you
c)
going circles around you
d)
parking still
34.
You know a lightning storm is close when the sound of thunder is _____.
a)
lower
b)
higher
35.
Tuning forks have different pitches, meaning they vibrate at different _____.
a)
frequencies
b)
amplitudes
c)
volumes
d)
wavelengths
36.
All waves carry _____.
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
37.
What is the amplitude and frequency of the following wave?
a)
loud and medium pitch
b)
quiet and high pitch
c)
loud and low pitch
d)
loud and high pitch
38.
Which travels faster: sound or light waves?
a)
sound
b)
light
39.
Young children and teenagers are able to hear sound at lower pitches or frequencies.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
If an object vibrates at a fast frequency, it has a low pitch.
a)
True
b)
False
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