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Sound Science year 5

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is energy?

a)

Provides heat and light

b)

Things that we eat

c)

The ability to do work

d)

The strength of an object

2.

What does vibration mean?

a)

moving back and forth quickly

b)

the way sound travels

c)

loudness or quietness

d)

the speed of vibration

3.

What does reflect mean?

a)

Moving back and forth quickly

b)

Bouncing sound

c)

Loudness or quietness

d)

Speed of vibration

4.

What is an echo?

a)

Loudness or quietness

b)

Moving back and forth quickly

c)

Reflecting sound

d)

Speed of vibration

5.

What is absorption?

a)

Loudness or quietness

b)

Highness or deepness of sound

c)

Reflecting sound

d)

To soak in

6.

What is transmission?

a)

The way sound travels

b)

Bouncing sound

c)

To soak in

d)

Moving back and forth quickly

7.

What is volume?

a)

The way sound travels

b)

Highness or deepness of sound

c)

Loudness or quietness

d)

To soak in

8.

What is pitch?

a)

Loudness or quietness

b)

Highness or deepness of sound

c)

To soak in

d)

The speed of vibration

9.

What is frequency?

a)

The speed of vibration

b)

Moving back and forth quickly

c)

Loudness or quietness

d)

Highness of deepness of sound

10.

1. What is the back and forth motion of an object?

a)

Pitch

b)

Vibration

c)

Amplitude

11.

1. What is a sound that has been reflected off of a surface?

a)

Echo

b)

Amplitude

c)

Pitch

12.

1. What is the highness and lowness of a sound?

a)

Volume

b)

Wavelength

c)

Pitch

13.

1. What is the loudness or softness of a sound?

a)

Sound wave

b)

Wavelength

c)

Volume

14.

1. The distance from the top of one wave to the top of another is ______________.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Pitch

15.

1. The number of vibrations that a sound make in a given amount of time is called______.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Sound

16.

1. Sound is a kind of ______.

a)

Light

b)

Energy

c)

Particle

17.

1. What parts of your body vibrate so that you can hear?

a)

Toes

b)

Brain

c)

Eardrums

18.

1. What happens when you hear an echo?

a)

Sound waves bounce back to your ears.

b)

Sound waves stop moving back and forth.

c)

Sound waves stop things from vibrating.

19.

1. What are you doing when you are making sound?

a)

Causing photons to travel

b)

Causing air pressure to drop

c)

Causing air molecules to vibrate

20.

1. Moving areas of high and low pressure that carry sound are________.

a)

Pitch

b)

Sound waves

c)

Reflection

21.

1. Sound waves cannot travel through__________.

a)

A solid

b)

Gases

c)

Empty space

d)

Liquids

22.

What reflects sound best?

a)

A hard smooth surface

b)

A rough uneven surface

c)

Soft white wall

d)

Very hot gas

23.
Which Item has sound energy?
a)
A feather
b)
A party hat
c)
A bell
d)
A lollipop 
24.
What is Pitch?
a)
How loud or soft a sound is
b)
muscle that holds vocal cords
c)
movement back and forth
d)
how high or low a sound is
25.
What is vibration?
a)
the rate at which sound waves occur
b)
movement back and forth
c)
how high or low a sound is
26.
__________ means to move back and forth quickly.
a)
Pitch
b)
Amplitude
c)
Vibration
d)
Echo
27.
___________ is made when something vibrates
a)
light
b)
sound
c)
drum
d)
pounding
28.

This part of your inner ear helps you hear. It vibrates when sound waves reach the inside of your ear. What is this ear part?

a)

ear drum

b)

the brain

c)

the outer ear

29.

When you tap the tuning fork in the water, you can see it ______. The sound waves are in motion.

a)

pitch

b)

vibrate

c)

eardrum

d)

volume

30.

We can hear with our ears. This type of energy is called ____

a)

jump

b)

see

c)

sound

d)

touch

31.

This is the inner part of your ear. It vibrates when sound waves reach it. What is it?

a)

eardrum

b)

sound waves

c)

pitch

d)

vibrate

32.

When you hit the tuning fork on an object, you can see and feel it ________.

a)

eardrum

b)

sound waves

c)

pitch

d)

vibrate

33.

A big dog how a low ______ when it barks. A kitten has a high _____ when it meows.

a)

volume

b)

pitch

c)

vibrate

d)

eardrum

34.
Sound is caused by? 
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
35.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
36.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
37.

How does sound travel or reach our ears?

a)

Wind

b)

Air

c)

Vibrations

d)

Water

38.
Sound travels slower than light.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Sound is energy caused by objects moving or vibrating.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Sound is energy caused by objects moving or vibrating.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
To produce sound, an object must be ____.
a)
moving toward the listener
b)
vibrating
c)
heated
d)
in a gas
42.
You produce speech by vibration of the ____.
a)
throat bones
b)
skin
c)
lips
d)
vocal cords
43.
Hearing damage begins to occur at sound levels of about ____ decibels.
a)
25
b)
65
c)
85
d)
125
44.
____ is made of sounds that are irregular and disorganized.
a)
doppler effcet
b)
loudness
c)
noise
d)
music
45.
Sound travels fastest in a ____.
a)
gas 
b)
liquid
c)
solid
d)
vacuum
46.
When you speak, your words are transferred to a friend ____.
a)
by molecules colliding
b)
by electromagnetic waves
c)
in between air molecules
d)
by transverse waves
47.
Hearing loss in people over 65 is usually due to ____.
a)
thickening of the drum
b)
nerve damage
c)
damage to the oval window
d)
hair-cell damage
48.
Because sound is a wave, it can be described by its ____________________ and ____________________.
a)
refraction, defraction
b)
inflection, deflection
c)
wavelength and frequency
d)
sound, loudness
49.
A reflected sound wave is called a(n) ____________________.
a)
echo
b)
reverb
c)
verb
d)
endoecho
50.
Sound is caused by? p2
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments

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