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sound

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name

Class

Date

__________ means to move back and forth quickly.

Pitch

Amplitude

Vibration

Echo

Sound waves travel the FASTEST through _____________.

gases

liquids

solids

Sound waves travel the SLOWEST through _____________.

gases

solids

liquids

Why can't we hear sound in space?

can't take our helmet off to hear

Space has no mass / no gas/ solids/ liquids

because it's dark

Don't know, I've never been to space

Why do we see lightning before we hear the thunder?

Our eyes trick us

Light travels faster than sound

they're two separate things

What happens to our hearing if we listen to loud noises all the time?

We appreciate music better

we get a ringing in our ears

we start to experience hearing loss

How can we protect our ears from hearing loss?

wear ear plugs

put our fingers in our ears

Try not to listen to loud things

All of the above

Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?

Gas molecules are packed tightly.

Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.

Solid molecules are packed tightly.

Gas molecules move slowly.

You stand outside a room that has the doors and windows closed. Why can you still hear sounds made inside the room?

Vibrations are absorbed in the doors and windows

Vibrations are reflected inside the room

Vibrations travel through the door and the window

Vibrations echo in the room

10.

Which sentence BEST describes how sound moves?

Sound can move through solids, liquids, or gases.

Sound can move through empty space or through matter.

Sound can move through solids and liquids but not through gases.

Sound can move through liquids and gases but not through solids.

11.

How can I produce a sound?

heating an object

hitting an object

moving the mouth

looking an object

12.

Which of the following is an example of sound traveling through a solid?

When you hear people in another room

When you hear things underwater

When you are talking to the person next to you

Sound cannot travel through solids

13.

When people speak their ________ vibrate.

ear drums

vocal chords

ears

tongue

14.

Sarah and Maria made a telephone using two cans and a string. It was a very long string. Maria went upstairs in her house and Sarah stayed downstairs. Maria spoke softly into the can. "I can hear you!' Sarah said back. How can this happen?

Sound waves travel through a vacuum.

Sound waves travel from high to low.

Sound waves travel through solids like the string.

Maria talked so loudly that Sarah could hear her without the phone.

15.

Will a homemade telephone made of two cans and a string work better with a tightly-woven string or a loosely-woven string?

a tightly woven string because it will not come apart as easily

a loosely woven string because the sound waves have more room to move

a tightly woven string because sound waves travel best through dense materials

a loosely woven string because sound waves travel best through less dense materials

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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 31mins

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