WorksheetsVibrations
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the top of the wave called?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Wavelength
c)
Trough
d)
Crest
2.
Waves transfer ________, but they do not transfer _________.
a)
Matter, Energy
b)
Energy, Matter
3.
What is vibration?
a)
fast movement that moves back and forth
b)
lion
c)
cat
d)
hat
4.
What medium does sound travel through slowest?
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
d)
trees
5.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
6.
The highest pitch is made by the _______ instrument.
a)
biggest
b)
wooden
c)
smallest
d)
shiniest
7.
Why is the school library covered with carpet?
a)
So everyone can make a lot of noise
b)
to help absorb sounds to keep it quiet
c)
because it looks good
d)
to help absorb sounds so it can stay noisy
8.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
9.
High pitches are produced by objects vibrating _______________.
a)
quickly
b)
slowly
10.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
11.
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.
12.
What is volume?
a)
the loudness or softness of a sound
b)
vibrations
c)
the number of vibrations per second
13.
Why does cupping your hands around your mouth when you shout make the sound travel further?
a)
The sound spreads out.
b)
Your voice gets louder.
c)
You are screaming.
d)
The sound energy is directed in one direction.
14.
the amount of energy in a sound wave
a)
volume
b)
pitch
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
15.
A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.
a)
louder
b)
softer
c)
higher
d)
lower
16.
Low pitch sounds are caused by a ______ vibration
a)
fast
b)
slow
c)
hard
d)
soft
17.
If you increased the tension on a guitar string the pitch would
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
the string would be silent
18.
True or False: Sound travels better through solids than through liquids
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Area of a longitudinal wave where particles are CLOSE together.
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
20.
The warmer an object is, the ____________ sound will travel through it.
a)
faster
b)
slower
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