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GCSE Sound Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter represents an area of high pressure sound wave?

a)

a

b)

b

2.

What is the purpose of the pinna in our ears?

a)

To reflect sound into the ear canal

b)

To amplify the sound as it enters the ear

c)

To diminish the sound as it enters the ear

d)

To convert sound to electrical impulses for the brain to decipher

3.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Water waves moving from shallow water to deeper water

b)

Water waves moving from deep water to shallower water

4.

How is the speed changing as these water waves progress?

a)

Speeding up from deep to shallow water

b)

Slowing down from deep to shallow water

c)

Speeding up from shallow to deeper water

d)

Slowing down from shallow to deeper water

5.

What does this experiment illustrate?

a)

Sound can travel in a vacuum

b)

Sound can travel in solids and gases

c)

Sound cannot travel in a vacuum

d)

Light can travel in a vacuum

6.

Which of the following are true?

a)

Sound travels in solids, liquids, gases and a vacuum

b)

Sound travels in solids, liquids, gases but not a vacuum

c)

Sound travels fastest in a gas

d)

Sound travels slowest in a gas

7.

Which of the following are the loudest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

Which of the following have the lowest pitch?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.

If every square on the CRO is 5cm, what is the amplitude of this wave?

a)

2.4 cm

b)

3.0 cm

c)

12.0 cm

d)

15.0 cm

10.

If every square on the CRO represents 2cm, what is the wavelength of this wave?

a)

2.4 cm

b)

3.0 cm

c)

4.8 cm

d)

6.0 cm

11.

If every square on the CRO represents 0.0067 s, what is the frequency of this wave?

a)

0.002 Hz

b)

0.201 Hz

c)

50 Hz

d)

500 Hz

12.

Which of the following are industrial uses for ultrasound?

a)

Jewellery cleaning

b)

Sterilising of surgical equipment

c)

Detecting faults in metals

d)

Night vision goggles

13.

Which of the following are medical uses for ultrasound?

a)

Chemotherapy

b)

Foetal scans

c)

Tumour location

d)

Radiotherapy

e)

Treatment of soft tissue injuries

14.

What is the frequency range for ultrasound?

a)

< 20 Hz

b)

20 Hz - 20 kHz

c)

> 20 kHz

15.

Which of the following occupations use echo sounding?

a)

Fishermen

b)

Navy submarine crews

c)

Oceanographers

d)

Cosmologists

16.

A sonar pulse is transmitted from the ship, travels at 1500 m/s in water and strikes the seabed 150 m below. How long before the echo is received?

a)

0.1 s

b)

0.2 s

c)

10.0 s

d)

20.0 s

17.

A sonar pulse is transmitted from the ship, travels at 1500 m/s in water and an echo is received in 0.4 s. How deep is the sea bead?

a)

300 m

b)

600 m

c)

3000 m

d)

6000 m

18.

A starting pistol is fired at the beginning of a 100 m race, it takes 0.3 s for the timer to hear the sound and start the stop watch. What is the speed of sound in air?

a)

30 m/s

b)

300m/s

c)

330 m/s

d)

340 m/s

19.

The CRO is displaying a sound wave of frequency 50 Hz every square on the CRO represents 2.2cm, what is the wavelength of this wave?

a)

300 m/s

b)

330 m/s

c)

333 m/s

d)

340 m/s

20.

The CRO is displaying a sound of wavelength 100 m. If every square on the CRO represents 0.1 s, what is the speed of this sound wave?

a)

300 m/s

b)

330 m/s

c)

333 m/s

d)

340 m/s