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sound

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How is sound produced?
a)
By the vibration of particles
b)
By the transfer of particles 
2.
The reflection of sound waves off of a hard surface can create ______.
a)
A wave
b)
An echo 
3.
Soft surfaces _______ sound waves. 
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
4.
____________ is determined by sound wave's frequency. 
a)
Compression
b)
Pitch 
5.
_______ is the number of waves that pass a certain point at an specific time. 
a)
Frequency 
b)
Pitch
c)
Amplitude
d)
I don't know
6.
_______ is how high or low we listen/perceive  a sound. 
a)
Pitch
b)
Frequency
c)
Amplitude
d)
I don't know
7.
__________ is the loudness or softness of a sound. 
(Hint: Think about our sound song.)
a)
Echo
b)
Volume
c)
Pitch
d)
Vibration
8.
__________ means to move back and forth quickly.
a)
Pitch
b)
Amplitude
c)
Vibration
d)
Echo
9.
Sound is a form of energy produced by ______________.
a)
vibrations
b)
distances
c)
prisms
d)
Ms. Crews
10.
Your ear changes the vibration of sound waves into signals. The signals are then interpreted by your brain.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Sound waves travel the FASTEST through _____________.
a)
gases
b)
liquids
c)
solids
12.
Sound waves travel the SLOWEST through _____________.
a)
gases
b)
solids
c)
liquids
13.
What is volume?
a)
How high or low a sounds is
b)
reflected sound that comes back and is repeated
c)
how loud or soft sound is
d)
movement back and forth
14.
What is vibration?
a)
the rate at which sound waves occur
b)
movement back and forth
c)
how high or low a sound is
15.
Sound travels fastest through...
a)
gas
b)
liquid
c)
solids/metals
d)
space
16.
Sounds travels slowest through...
a)
space
b)
solids/metals
c)
gas
d)
liquids
17.
Why can't we hear sound in space?
a)
can't take our helmet off to hear
b)
Space has no mass / no gas/ solids/ liquids
c)
because it's dark
d)
Don't know, I've never been to space
18.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
19.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
20.

A place where no sound exists is...

a)

in the air

b)

under water

c)

space

d)

all of the above

21.
__________ means to move back and forth quickly.
a)
Pitch
b)
Amplitude
c)
Vibration
d)
Echo
22.
You stand outside a room that has the doors and windows closed. Why can you still hear sounds made inside the room?
a)
Vibrations are absorbed in the doors and windows
b)
Vibrations are reflected inside the room
c)
Vibrations travel through the door and the window
d)
Vibrations echo in the room
23.

Which sentence BEST describes how sound moves?

a)

Sound can move through solids, liquids, or gases.

b)

Sound can move through empty space or through matter.

c)

Sound can move through solids and liquids but not through gases.

d)

Sound can move through liquids and gases but not through solids.

24.

How can I produce a sound?

a)

heating an object

b)

hitting an object

c)

moving the mouth

d)

looking an object

25.
Which of the following is an example of sound traveling through a solid?
a)
When you hear people in another room
b)
When you hear things underwater
c)
When you are talking to the person next to you
d)
Sound cannot travel through solids
26.

When people speak their ________ vibrate.

a)

ear drums

b)

vocal chords

c)

ears

d)

tongue

27.

Sarah and Maria made a telephone using two cans and a string. It was a very long string. Maria went upstairs in her house and Sarah stayed downstairs. Maria spoke softly into the can. "I can hear you!' Sarah said back. How can this happen?

a)

Sound waves travel through a vacuum.

b)

Sound waves travel from high to low.

c)

Sound waves travel through solids like the string.

d)

Maria talked so loudly that Sarah could hear her without the phone.

28.

Will a homemade telephone made of two cans and a string work better with a tightly-woven string or a loosely-woven string?

a)

a tightly woven string because it will not come apart as easily

b)

a loosely woven string because the sound waves have more room to move

c)

a tightly woven string because sound waves travel best through dense materials

d)

a loosely woven string because sound waves travel best through less dense materials