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SOUND WAVES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What form of energy is produced by vibrations?

a)

Sound

b)

Heat

c)

Light

2.

It is describes as a quick movement of back and forth.

a)

Waves

b)

Vibration

c)

Matter

3.

Sound travels through matter and empty space by means of _____________?

a)

Seismic waves

b)

Transverse waves

c)

Sound Waves

4.

Sound wave is a best example of what kind of wave?

a)

Electromagnetic wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Transverse waves

5.

Property of longitudinal wave where particles are close together is called ___________?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Compression

6.

The place in a longitudinal wave where particles are far from each other is called_______________?

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Amplitude

7.

Madeline is playing the guitar. When she moves her fingers across the strings, the strings vibrate. Then sound waves travel through the air to Madeline’s ear, and she can hear the guitar

a)

The vibrating strings send tiny pieces of sound to Madeline’s ears.

b)

The vibrating strings make the air around them move

c)

The vibrating strings turn the air around them into sound. d

8.

Sound travels faster in solid than in gas and liquid because___________________.

a)

Solid particles are closed to each other allowing particles to move quickly in response to vibration.

b)

Solid particles are far from each other allowing quick response to vibration.

c)

Solid are particles are very far from each other allowing quick movement of particles in response to vibration.

9.

When sound hits a hard, flat solid the sound tends to ____________ resulting to an echo.

a)

Pass through

b)

Bounce back

c)

be absorbed

10.

Sound cannot travel without a medium to pass through.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None of the above