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Sound Energy Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.

The number of waves that pass by each second.

a)

amplitude

b)

medium

c)

frequency

d)

trough

3.

The distance between two peaks (tops) of a wave.

a)

wavelength

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

d)

trough

4.

How high or low a sound is.

a)

medium

b)

trough

c)

amplitude

d)

pitch

5.

A substance that makes it possible for energy to transfer from one location to another, especially through waves.

a)

trough

b)

wave

c)

medium

d)

vibration

6.

The lowest part of the wave.

a)

trough

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

medium

7.

Sound waves travel in all directions away from their source.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Sound waves can only travel through a medium.

a)

True

b)

False

9.
Sound is caused by? 
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
10.
What would happen if you tighten the strings on a guitar?
a)
it would make a low pitch sound
b)
it would make a high pitch sound
c)
it produces a slow vibrations
d)
it produces low frequency
11.
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
12.
Which of the following determines the pitch of a sound wave?
a)
mass
b)
density
c)
reflection
d)
frequency
13.
Sound travels fastest through a 
a)
vacuum
b)
gas
c)
solid
d)
liquid
14.
Low pitches are produced by objects vibrating _______________.
a)
quickly
b)
slowly
15.
If a sound bounces back it is called ______________.
a)
frequency
b)
sound
c)
pitch
d)
an echo
16.
What is sound?
a)
A form of loudness
b)
A form of energy
c)
A form of movement
d)
None of these
17.
Sound travels in the form of _____.
a)
waves
b)
loops
c)
straight lines
d)
diangles 
18.
What can sound travel through?
a)
only through air
b)
only through water
c)
only through solids and liquids
d)
through solids, liquids, and gases
19.
How can you make a sound louder?
a)
move away from the sound
b)
use more energy to create the sound
c)
use less energy to make the sound
d)
use a smaller number of objects to create the sound
20.
What must happen for an object to produce a sound?
a)
The object must glow/
b)
The object must vibrate.
c)
The object must transform electrical energy.
d)
The object must be warmed. 
21.
Sound travels in 
a)
lines and one direction.
b)
rays
c)
zig-zags
d)
waves in all directions.
22.
Sound energy is-
a)
energy you can hear.
b)
an object that vibrates.
c)
energy that travels in waves.
d)
all of the above.
23.

What is sound?

a)

matter that is needed

b)

energy in form of vibrations

c)

particles

24.

Sound travels in..

a)

Waves

b)

Straight Lines

c)

Speakers

d)

Water

25.

Sound waves travel in one direction.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

sound waves travel in

a)

longitudinal waves

b)

transverse waves

c)

light waves

d)

amplitude waves

27.

a measurement of frequency

a)

trough

b)

decibels

c)

Hertz

d)

crest

28.

how energy transfers from place to place

a)

bounce

b)

table

c)

air

d)

wave

29.

substance through which waves can travel

a)

space

b)

medium

c)

vacuum

30.

energy of vibrating matter

a)

light

b)

heat

c)

sound

d)

electricity

31.

height of a wave

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

32.

reflected sound

a)

echo

b)

absorb

c)

bend

33.

measurement for loudness of a sound

a)

Hertz

b)

decibel

c)

wavelength

d)

crest

34.

number of complete waves per unit of time

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

35.

good conductors of sound

a)

nonmetals

b)

metals

c)

foam

36.

what determines the amplitude of a sound (2 answers)

a)

pitch

b)

material

c)

energy

d)

frequency

37.

tall amplitude gives:

a)

high sound

b)

loud sound

c)

low sound

d)

soft sound

38.

high frequency gives:

a)

high sound

b)

low sound

c)

loud sound

d)

soft sound

39.

low frequency gives:

a)

high sound

b)

low sound

c)

loud sound

d)

soft sound

40.

high frequency gives:

a)

high sound

b)

low sound

c)

loud sound

d)

soft sound