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SOUND TRAVEL THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIUM

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name

Class

Date

In association with sound, what is a medium?

The sound wave itself

The material through which sound travels

The vibration of particles

The pitch of the sound wave

How does sound travel?

Through empty space

Through vibrating mediums

Through electrically charged particles

It doesn't travel; it just exists in space

How can sound travel through air?

Through open spaces

Through air particles bumping into each other

Through electronically charged particles

It doesn't travel; it just exists

Which of the following lists rate the materials in order from the best sound carrier (fastest) to the worst sound carrier (slowest)?

Gas, liquid, solid

Solid, gas, liquid

Liquid, solid, gas

Solid, liquid, gas

Sound will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?

milk

desk

air

door

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

Air

Empty space

Metal

Water

Sound is caused by?

force

vibrations

instruments

To make a sound from a stringed instrument louder you must

hit it

pluck it harder

hold it higher

pluck it softer

You will see a flash of lightening before you hear the thunder that goes with it because-

the eye is quicker than the ear

thunder occurs much later than lightening

sound travels faster through the atmosphere than light

light travels faster through the atmosphere than sound

10.

Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?

Gas molecules are packed tightly.

Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.

Solid molecules are packed tightly.

Gas molecules move slowly.

11.

An object that does not vibrate cannot produce

sound

light

heat

electricity

12.

How does sound travel?

Sounds travels in waves

sound travels slow

sound travels fast

sound doesn't travel

13.

Sound does not travel in space because

Space is too far away.

There is no matter in space.

Space is the final frontier

Space has planets.

14.

Dan was sitting outside playing his new drum when his dog knocked some sand on it. Afterwards, each time Dan thumped the drum, he noticed the sand on top of the drum bounced. Which of the following is the best explanation for why this happened?

Sand moves easily on drums.

Dan was thumping the drum too hard.

Vibrations moved from the drum to the sand.

Vibrations moved from the sand to the drum.

15.

Jane and Sophie were playing a game in the pool. Jane would ask a question andthen both girls would go under the water where Sophie would say the answer. The girls observed that the sound was different under water. Why is the sound different?

Sophie didn’t speak loudly enough.

Sound doesn’t vibrate in the water.

Ears don’t receive sound under water.

Sound moves differently through the water than the air.

16.

Which of the following can sound travel through?

Solid

Liquid

Gas

All the above

17.

Many animals make sounds to communicate with each other.

True

False

18.

When people talk their vocal cords___________________.

stretch

vibrate

swell

19.

What Medium does Sound Travel through fastest ?

Solid

Gas

Liquid

Skin

20.

How is sound produced?

By the vibration of particles

By the transfer of particles

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SOUND TRAVEL THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIUM

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

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