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Sound Energy

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sound is produced when a force causes an object or substance to ___?

a)

stop

b)

vibrate

c)

listen

d)

close

2.

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

a)

solid (table)

b)

liquid (water)

c)

gas (air)

d)

vacuum (outer space)

3.

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.

4.
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
5.
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
6.
What is pitch?
a)
the back and forth movement of matter
b)
how loud a sound is
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the number of vibrations per second
7.

Without matter, sound waves could not travel.

a)

True

b)

False

8.
Sound travels in the form of _____.
a)
waves
b)
loops
c)
straight lines
d)
diangles 
9.

How can you make a sound louder?

a)

move away from the sound

b)

use more energy to create more sound

c)

use less energy to make the sound

d)

use a smaller objects to create the sound

10.
Sound is made up of _________ that move through matter. 
a)
vibrations
b)
sounds
c)
energy
d)
volume
11.
The closer you are to a sound source, the _____ it sounds. 
a)
louder
b)
quieter
12.

An object that vibrates produces...

a)

sound

b)

light

c)

heat

d)

electricity

13.

Sound is a form of?

a)

energy

b)

work

c)

force

d)

instrument

14.
In which medium will sound travel slowest?
a)
air
b)
water
c)
glass
d)
salt water
15.
What travels faster, light or sound?
a)
light
b)
sound
16.
Because there is no matter in space, sound waves cannot travel.
a)
True
b)
False
17.

Sound travels the SLOWEST through which medium?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

18.

True or False

When a person shouted a word in outer space the person next to him can still hear what he said.

a)

True

b)

False