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Sound Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 42mins

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Class
Date
1.

Jamal creates sound by plucking a guitar string. How does the plucking of a guitar string create sound?

a)

The string heats up.

b)

The string stretches.

c)

The string vibrates.

d)

The string bends.

2.

Speaking tubes have been used on boats and in houses. A person speaks into one end of the speaking tube. Someone listens at the other end.

Speaking tubes can be 90 meters long. They can be straight, bent, or curved. What design problem would speaking tubes best solve?

a)

a person needs to be heard over loud noises in the background

b)

a person needs to be heard by everyone in a large crowd

c)

a person needs to be heard by someone far away or in another room

d)

a person's voice needs to be much louder

3.

Why do the thin strings on a guitar produce a sound with a higher pitch than the thick strings on a guitar produce?

a)

The vibration of the thin strings is stronger than the thick strings.

b)

The thin strings vibrate slower than the thick strings.

c)

The thin strings vibrate faster than the thick strings.

d)

There is no difference in the pitch.

4.

What is a sound's pitch?

a)

how much energy a sound has

b)

how loud or how soft a sound is

c)

how far a sound has traveled

d)

how high or how low a sound it

5.

A sound will be softer when...

a)

it is made with more force.

b)

the source is farther away.

c)

it has stronger vibrations.

d)

it has a higher pitch.

6.

Kiesha went out to breakfast with her mom. While they were at the restaurant, a parade went by. When a drummer in the parade hit his big bass drum with a mallet, waves like the ones shown in the picture formed in the water inside Kiesha's glass.

Which of the following is most likely the reason that Kiesha's water moved?

a)

When the drummer hit the drum, it created heat which boiled the water.

b)

Sound vibrations from the drum were transferred to the water.

c)

Light reflected off the drum into Kiesha's glass, and the light made the water move.

d)

Vibrations from the water were being transferred to the drum.

7.

Vibrations can travel through ____________, _____________, and _____________.

a)

walls, cardboard, paint

b)

solids, liquids, gases

c)

clouds, atmosphere, oceans

d)

space, clouds, paint

8.

Matter must _________ in order for sound waves to form.

a)

vibrate

b)

stay still

c)

bounce

d)

go away

9.

Sound cannot travel through _________ where there are no particles of matter to move back and forth.

a)

the atmosphere

b)

the wall

c)

empty space

10.

__________, __________, and __________ are a few properties that can change a sounds pitch.

a)

thickness, hardness, softness

b)

thickness, length, tension

c)

thickness, height, length

11.

A vibrating object with a greater __________ will produce a lower pitch than a vibrating object with a lesser length.

a)

length

b)

weight

c)

density

12.

__________ is the tightness of an object.

a)

tension

b)

sound

c)

amplitude

13.

Exerting a __________ force on a vibrating object will produce a louder volume than exerting a lesser force.

a)

smaller

b)

larger

c)

outside

14.

__________ is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.

a)

Time

b)

Frequency

c)

Amplitude

15.

__________ is the height of a wave measured from its midline.

a)

Frequency

b)

Time

c)

Amplitude

16.

__________ is the loudness or softness of a sound.

a)

Volume

b)

Mood

c)

Amplitude

17.

Vibrating objects under greater tension will produce a higher pitch than a vibrating object under less tension.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Force and distance are two chemical properties of a vibrating material that can affect a lesser force.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The weakness of the force alters the weakness of the vibrations.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The closer the source of the sound, the louder the volume of the sound will be.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Vanessa plays drums in the school band. Sometimes she hits her drum gently, and it makes a soft sound. But, sometimes she hits the drum hard and it makes a loud sound.

What is the difference between the two kinds of sounds she makes?

a)

the direction

b)

the volume

c)

the pitch

d)

the thickness