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What is sound?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sound energy travels in...

a)

Groups

b)

Air

c)

Waves

d)

Light

2.

Sound travels...

a)

It cannot travel

b)

In the space, like the light

c)

Only through the air

d)

Through a medium

3.

Sound travels faster in water than in air.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Sound travels the fastest through...

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

Sound travels always at the same speed

5.

Characteristics of sound are...

a)

Pitch, intensity, timbre

b)

Pitch, duration, intensity

c)

Duration, pitch, timbre

d)

All answers are correct

6.

What is noise pollution?

a)

very loud sounds that can damage your ears

b)

it is very strange music that does damage your ears

7.

Which is the musical term for volume?

a)

Timbre

b)

Pitch

c)

Dynamics

d)

Rhythm

8.

Pitch means sounds are...

a)

high or low

b)

soft or loud

c)

fast or slow

d)

long or short

9.

Which frequency would be considered ULTRASOUND?

a)

100 Hz

b)

1000 Hz

c)

10000 Hz

d)

100000 Hz

10.

The number on a tuning fork tells you...

a)

What year it was made

b)

The frequency of the vibrations

c)

How loud it is

d)

The length of the fork

11.

Duration refers to...

a)

How long a piece lasts for

b)

How long a musician can hold notes on

c)

The speed of the music

d)

How long a note lasts for

12.

TIMBRE or TONE COLOUR relates to...

a)

Unique sound of an instrument

b)

Colour of an instrument

c)

Length of sound

d)

Woodwind

13.

Dynamics means...

a)

up or down

b)

loud or soft

c)

fast or slow

d)

long or short

14.

Dynamics that gradually become softer are referred to as...

a)

diminuendo

b)

ritardando

c)

crescendo

d)

softer

15.

Are these dynamics written correct or incorrect?

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

16.

Order the dynamics from softest to loudest:

a)

pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff

b)

ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp

c)

pp, mp, p, f, mf, ff

d)

ff, mf, f, p, mp, pp

17.

A gradual increase in dynamics is referred to as...

a)

diminuendo

b)

turn up

c)

crescendo

d)

decrescendo

18.

mf means very loud.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

mp tells you to play the music...

a)

Medium fast

b)

Medium soft

c)

Very loud

d)

Very fast

20.

Pianissimo means...

a)

To sing a note with a loud accent and get quiet quickly.

b)

To sing very loud

c)

To sing aloud

d)

To sing very softly