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WorksheetsIntroduction into Sound
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name for the highest point on the wave?
a)
trough
b)
wavelength
c)
crest
d)
amplitude
2.
What word describes the distance between 2 crests or 2 troughs?
a)
amplitude
b)
energy
c)
resting point
d)
wavelength
3.
What is the height of the wave called?
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
crest
d)
trough
4.
A pencil looks cut when placed in water. Which word describes this?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
d)
interference
5.
An echo bounces sound waves off a barrier. What does this describe?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
d)
interference
6.
_________ is a form of energy that travels through the air.
a)
sound
b)
volume
c)
energy
d)
wave
7.
___________ is made when something vibrates
a)
light
b)
sound
c)
drum
d)
pounding
8.
Sound travels through the air as waves.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Matter that carries sound waves is called a _________
a)
low
b)
high
c)
medium
d)
surface
10.
the number of vibrations per second
a)
vibration
b)
volume
c)
pitch
d)
frequency
11.
A back and forth movement of matter
a)
volume
b)
vibration
c)
pitch
d)
frequency
12.
How does sound travel?
a)
Sounds travels in waves
b)
sound travels slow
c)
sound travels fast
d)
sound doesn't travel
13.
What is vibration?
a)
the rate at which sound waves occur
b)
movement back and forth
c)
how high or low a sound is
14.
Why can't we hear sound in space?
a)
can't take our helmet off to hear
b)
Space has no mass / no gas/ solids/ liquids
c)
because it's dark
d)
Don't know, I've never been to space
15.
Sound is caused by....
a)
molecules
b)
vibrations
c)
people
d)
space
16.
The part of the ear that vibrates first when hearing a sound
a)
eardrum
b)
cochlea
c)
Outer ea
d)
Lobe
17.
Sound is a form of?
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
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