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Sound Unit Test Review

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Late one night your brother's loud music wakes you up. What property of sound is this an example of?

a)

Pitch

b)

Force

c)

Tension

d)

Loudness

2.

You notice that when you sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" your voice changes and gets higher during some parts of the song. What property of sound is this an example of?

a)

Pitch

b)

Force

c)

Tension

d)

Loudness

3.

Which of the following about sound is TRUE?

a)

Sound travels in vibrations

b)

Sound can only travel through air

c)

Sound cannot be blocked

d)

Sound is a form of light energy

4.

Daniel plays the guitar in music class. What should she do to change the pitch of the guitar.

a)

Pluck all the strings very forcefully

b)

Strum all the strings together

c)

Adjust the length of the strings

d)

Put holes in the guitar

5.

Hudson plucks two strings of a violin. The first string makes a low pitch, but the second makes a high pitch. What does this tell you?

a)

The first string is producing faster vibrations

b)

The second string is producing faster vibrations

c)

The two strings are vibrating at the same speed

6.

Someone with a deep voice produces...

a)

A high pitch

b)

A low pitch

7.

A small tuning fork produces

a)

A high pitch

b)

A low pitch

8.

A large tuning fork produces

a)

A high pitch

b)

A low pitch

9.

Your teacher has a LOUD voice. This means their voice

a)

Produces larger vibrations

b)

Produces smaller vibrations

c)

Produces the same amount of vibrations as a person with a soft voice.

d)

Produces no vibrations

10.

What does this table tell us about how sound travels

a)

Sound travels at the same speed

b)

Sound travels fastest through solids

c)

Sound travels fastest through liquids

d)

Sound travels fastest through gasses

11.

Michael Taps a small tuning fork on her desk, and then she strikes the same tuning fork on her desk. Which will produce more vibrations

a)

Tapping

b)

Striking

12.

What is the BEST conclusion Angelina could make from her experiments with violin strings?

a)

The thinner the string the higher the pitch

b)

The thicker the string the higher the pitch

c)

The 5cm string make the lowest sound.

d)

The thickness of a string does not affect the pitch.

13.

Mary wants to figure out how to make the loudest sound at a basketball game. She experiments to see how force affects how loud her sound is. She measure the volume of the sound using decibels. Based on the chart, predict how loud kicking the seat will be in decibels.

a)

5 decibels

b)

15 decibels

c)

45 decibels

d)

100 decibels

14.

Anthony's class has a short tuning fork, a medium tuning fork, and a long tuning fork. Their teacher tells them to strike the tuning fork and place the fork in a bowl of water. They oversee the pitch created and measure the vibrations of the tuning fork in Hertz.


What conclusion can Anthony's class make about how vibrations affect sound?

a)

The size of the tuning fork affects the volume of a sound.

b)

Higher pitches produce more vibrations

c)

Lower pitches produce more vibrations

d)

Larger objects produce more vibrations

15.

Which answers are an example of sound producing vibrations?

a)

Hitting the tuning fork

b)

Plucking a rubber band

c)

Ruler being held off of the desk and being hit

d)

Tuning fork put in water after being hit

16.

Bunched up particles in a vibration

a)

rarefaction/expanded

b)

Hertz

c)

compression

d)

Noise

17.

Spread out particles in a vibration

a)

rarefaction/expanded

b)

frequency

c)

vibrations

d)

sound quality

18.

Number of vibrations per second

a)

rarefaction

b)

compression

c)

frequency

d)

noise

19.

The tuning fork on the right would produce a _____frequency

a)

high frequency

b)

Low frequency

20.

The strong, rich effect of a sound when it is reflected or causes another object to vibrate.

a)

resonance

b)

sound quality

c)

frequency

d)

pitch

21.
Sound is able to travel faster in solids than in air because the molecules in a solid are
a)
closer together than air molecules
b)
more easily moved than air molecules
c)
moving faster than air moleculesmoving faster than air molecules
d)
larger than air molecules
22.
The loudness of sound can be changed by
a)
decreasing pitch
b)
increasing the frequency
c)
increasing the amplitude
d)
decreasing the wavelength
23.
A substance that carries sound waves is called
a)
a fulcrum
b)
a medium
c)
a spectrum
d)
equilibrium
24.

What is the highest point of a wave?

a)

Trough/valley

b)

Wavelength

c)

Amplitude

d)

Crest/peak

25.

A __ wave moves the particles perpendicular to the motion of the wave.

a)

Surface

b)

Compression/Longitudinal

c)

Transverse

d)

Slinky

26.

Sound travels in which type of wave?

a)

Transverse

b)

Surface

c)

Compression/Longitudinal

27.

Waves are created when a sound source causes a __.

a)

medium to vibrate

b)

body of water to move

c)

medium to fall

d)

body of water to turn

28.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
29.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
30.

what type of wave is pictured

a)

transverse

b)

Compression/longitudinal

c)

slinky

31.

The motion of matter in a compression/longitudinal wave is...

a)

perpendicular to the energy direction

b)

same direction as the energy direction

32.

the motion of matter in a transverse wave is...

a)

perpendicular to the energy direction

b)

same direction as the energy direction

33.

Frequency is?

a)

The height of the wave

b)

The length of the wave

c)

The number of waves that pass in a second

d)

The time it takes for one wave to pass

34.

What type of wave are these?

a)

Transverse

b)

Surface

c)

Combination

d)

Compression/Longitudinal

35.
A sound with a high frequency has a _____ pitch. A sound with a ____ frequency has a low pitch.
a)
high, low
b)
low, high
c)
medium, high
d)
high, medium
36.
Matter that carries sound waves is called a _________
a)
low
b)
high
c)
medium
d)
surface
37.
A back and forth movement of matter
a)
volume
b)
vibration
c)
pitch
d)
frequency
38.

How high or low a sound is

a)

frequency

b)

volume

c)

vibration

d)

pitch

39.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
40.
Sound is caused by? 
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
41.

Sound is a form of?

a)

energy

b)

pitch

c)

volume

42.
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.
43.
Sound does not travel in space because
a)
Space is too far away.
b)
There is no matter in space.
c)
Space is the final frontier
d)
Space has planets.
44.

______________ sounds have a larger amplitude

a)

quiet

b)

loud

45.

Pitch describes human perception of which property?

a)

resonance

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

d)

overtones

46.

Which property of a sound wave determines how close together the particles are in the compression region?

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

wave speed

47.

Which type of wave carries more energy, a wave with a high amplitude or a wave with a high frequency?

a)

a wave with a high amplitude

b)

a wave with a high frequency

48.

When you double the frequency of a wave, what will happen to the energy?

a)

It will increase exponentially (quadruple)

b)

it will decrease exponentially

c)

it will double

d)

it will decrease by half

49.

When you double the amplitude of a wave, what will happen to the energy?

a)

It will increase exponentially (quadruple)

b)

it will decrease exponentially

c)

it will double

d)

it will decrease by half