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Sound Energy -3rd grade

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The term for how high or low a sound is:
a)
pitch
b)
volume
c)
sound
d)
medium
2.
The term for how loud or soft a sound is:
a)
pitch
b)
volume
c)
sound
d)
medium
3.
Which feature of sound is determined by amplitude?
a)
Pitch
b)
Smoothness
c)
Loudness
4.
When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?
a)
Frequency 
b)
Amplitude 
c)
Wavelength 
d)
Crest
5.
Highest point of a wave
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
6.

Sound is made when a source of energy forces the matter to

a)

Vibrate

b)

Move

c)

Stay still

7.

Sound waves CANNOT travel through which of these:

a)

Paper

b)

Milk

c)

Outer space

8.

Loudness of waves is measured in

a)

Hertz

b)

Decibels

c)

Watts

9.

The lowest point on a wave

a)

crest

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

trough

10.

The horizontal distance between crests

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

11.

How does sound travel?

a)

in waves

b)

only through the air

c)

through magnets

d)

as thermal energy

12.

External ear consists of

a)

Pinna, auditory canal and ear drum

b)

Eustachian tube and oval window

c)

Vestibule, semicircular canals and cochlea

d)

Malleus, incus and stapes

13.

What happens to the eardrum when sound hits, causing transmission of sound to the inner ear?

a)

it opens

b)

it grows hair

c)

it refracts the sound

d)

it vibrates

14.

The ear functions for ___________.

a)

balance

b)

hearing

c)

both balance and hearing

15.
Which part of the ear is responsible for capturing sound and moving it into your ear? 
a)
outer ear
b)
middle ear
c)
inner ear
d)
eardrum
16.

The smallest bone in the human's body

a)

Knee

b)

Elbow

c)

Ear bone

d)

Neck boness

17.

Your inner ear allows you to hear and controls your _____________?

a)

Movements

b)

Balance

c)

Smell

d)

Temperature

18.

Sound can’t travel through liquids.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Without matter, sound waves could not travel.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Sound travels through gas.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Sound is caused by?

a)

friction

b)

vibrations

c)

instruments

22.
What is vibration?
a)
how loud a sound is
b)
the back and forth movement of matter
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the loudness or softness of a sound
23.

What causes an echo?

a)

sound waves bouncing off large, hard surfaces

b)

sound waves bouncing off carpet

c)

sound waves bouncing off trees and bushes

d)

you repeating yourself

24.
The height of a sound wave is called its:
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
width
d)
pitch
25.
Sound is a kind of energy that travels in ___.
a)
waves
b)
currents
c)
wires
d)
groups
26.
What can sound NOT travel through?
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
d)
space
27.

Sound waves carry .............. from one place to another

a)

crests

b)

energy

c)

fluid

28.

Name the part(s) of the ear found in the outer ear.

a)

ear drum

b)

ear canal

c)

stirrup

d)

auditory nerve

29.

Which number is labeled for the hammer?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5