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Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name

Class

Date

True or False: Sound waves are produced when something vibrates.

True

False

Sound waves are _______ waves.

Transverse

Seismic

Longitudinal

Slow

Sound waves travel the fastest through _______.

Gases

Solids

Liquids

Plasma

True or False: Sound waves can travel through space.

True

False

True or False: The speed of sound depends on the loudness of the sound.

True

False

As the temperature of a medium increases, the sound waves will travel ____________.

Faster

Slower

As the same speed

Sound waves must travel through ___________________.

air

a medium

an outward area

a short

One important characteristic of sound waves is that they are ___________________ waves.

mechanical

short

ultraviolet

primary

If there is a loud noise in your house, the sound travels through

the air

the air and the wall

the air, the wall, the floor

the air and most everything in the house

10.

You and your father inspect an empty house with the hopes of buying it. You walk through the rooms talking to one another, and you notice that your voices and footsteps are echoing in the big, empty house. What causes the echo?

sound waves reflecting off smooth, flat surfaces throughout the house

sound waves moving around the large rooms

sound waves moving slowly through air

sound waves refracting around corners in the empty rooms

11.

A reflected sound wave

frequency

pitch

echo

rarefaction

12.

As the fire truck approached Mary, the pitch of the siren got higher. Once the fire truck passed and moved away, the siren's pitch got lower. This change in pitch is because of a change in the sound wave's

concussion.

amplitude.

reflection.

frequency.

13.

After the train passed, the pitch of the train whistle became lower. This change in sound would be represented by what change in the diagram above?

The distance represented by C would increase.

The distance represented by C would decrease.

The distance represented by D would increase.

The distance represented by D would decrease.

14.

Which of the following would you hear as a low pitched sound?

sound wave with a frequency of 50 Hz

sound wave with frequency of 10,000 Hz

sound wave with an intensity of 10 dB

sound wave with an intensity of 100 dB

15.

When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?

Frequency

Amplitude

Wavelength

Crest

16.

Why is the school library covered with carpet?

So everyone can make a lot of noise

to help absorb sounds to keep it quiet

because it looks good

to help absorb sounds so it can stay noisy

17.

Sound waves travel the fastest through ---

Liquids

Gases

Solids

18.

Sonar and echolocation use ----- to detect objects under water.

Refraction

Reflection

19.

Sound waves that are beyond the range of human ear are known as ----

Infrasonic waves

Ultrasonic waves

20.

Which of these sound waves has the highest frequency?

21.

Which sound wave has the lowest pitch?

22.

4. What do we hear thunder after we see a flash of lightning , usually some time later?

Sound travels at a speed of 300,000,000 m/s. while light travels at a speed of 330 m/s.

Sound travels at a speed of 330 m/s while light travels at a speed of 3,000,000 m/s.

Sound travels at a speed of 330 m/s while light travels at a speed of 300,000,000 m/s.

Because imagine dragons thunder, feel the thunder.

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Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 20mins

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