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Sound Review (5th Grade)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The number of vibrations in a unit of time is called--

a)

pitch

b)

frequency

c)

compression

d)

wavelength

2.

Which number on the diagram shows rarefaction?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

3.

Sound travels best through which form of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

4.

A person will see a flash of lightening before they hear the roar of thunder because-

a)

Light travels faster through the atmosphere than sound.

b)

Sound travels faster through the atmosphere than sound.

c)

The eye is quicker than the ear.

d)

The thunder occurs much later than the lightening.

5.

The highness and lowness of sound describes which vocabulary word?

a)

wavelength

b)

trough

c)

pitch

d)

frequency

6.

Sound is a type of energy that is transmitted through-

a)

light

b)

heat

c)

electrons

d)

waves

7.

Which of these materials transmits sound fastest?

a)

water in a pool

b)

a metal rod

c)

air in a balloon

d)

empty space

8.

Sonar helps people find which information about an object?

a)

weight

b)

color

c)

location

d)

temperature

9.

A student plans to investigate how sound changes when 4 bottles with different amounts of liquid are struck with a mallet. In which order must the bottles be placed so that the sound changes from a low pitch to a high pitch?

a)

A,B,D,C

b)

B,A,D,C

c)

B,C,A,D

d)

C,D,B,A

10.

Blowing through a straw will produce a sound. Which straw will make the highest pitch?

a)

The thinnest straw

b)

The thickest straw