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MMI: Sound Acoustics

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are ACOUSTICS?

a)

The way sound is transmitted in a space

b)

Music played without electricity

c)

The way sound travels under water

2.

What do you call the material waves travel through?

a)

Medium

b)

Membrane

c)

Density

3.

What DOES NOT affect the acoustics of a space?

a)

Density of materials

b)

Texture of materials

c)

Color of materials

d)

Size of the space

4.

I can hear my brother's video games through the wall, because the wall has a high rate of

a)

Transmission

b)

Absorbtion

c)

Reflection

d)

Precedence

5.

Singing in the echo-y stairway is fun because it has a high rate of

a)

Transmission

b)

Absorbtion

c)

Reflection

d)

Precedence

6.

When I have something super secret to tell my friend we go in my closet. Sound doesn't escape because the clothes create a high rate of

a)

Transmission

b)

Absorbtion

c)

Reflection

d)

Precedence

7.

Regardless of what the walls are made of, you can alter the acoustics of a space by covering them with fabric.

a)

True!

b)

False

8.

Where you stand in a room can change the way you perceive sound.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Even with your eyes closed, you can tell what direction a sound is coming from.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What does the Precedent Effect tell you about the sounds you hear?

a)

How loud it is

b)

What direction it came from

c)

What the materials around you are

d)

What is making the sound

11.

What do you call the HEIGHT (or loudness) of a sound wave?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Frequency

12.

What do you call the LENGTH of a sound wave?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Frequency

13.

What do you call the NUMBER of soundwaves able to pass in a second?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Frequency

14.

What determines the SPEED a sound wave can travel?

a)

How loud the sound is

b)

The material the sound is passing thru

c)

The pitch of the sound