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Sound Waves

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A disturbance that carries energy such as sound or light
a)
sound wave
b)
electrical energy
c)
amplitude
d)
volume
2.
The term for how high or low a sound is:
a)
pitch
b)
volume
c)
sound
d)
medium
3.
The term for how loud or soft a sound is:
a)
pitch
b)
volume
c)
sound
d)
medium
4.
Which feature of sound is determined by amplitude?
a)
Pitch
b)
Smoothness
c)
Loudness
5.
If the distance represented by the letter A (the amplitude) were increased, how would it change the sound?
a)
The sound would be higher. 
b)
The sound would be lower. 
c)
The sound would be softer. 
d)
The sound would be louder. 
6.
What is something natural that Sound cannot travel through?
a)
Water
b)
Air
c)
Liquids
d)
outer Space
7.
What is changed in the second picture?
a)
Someone is talking louder in picture 2
b)
Someone is talking softer in picture 2
c)
Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
d)
Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2
8.
What is changed in the second picture?
a)
Someone is talking louder in picture 2
b)
Someone is talking softer in picture 2
c)
Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
d)
Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2
9.
What is changed in the second picture?
a)
Someone is talking louder in picture 2
b)
Someone is talking softer in picture 2
c)
Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
d)
Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2
10.

Sound is made when a source of energy forces the matter to _________.

a)

shake

b)

vibrate

c)

move

d)

stay still

11.

Sound waves travel as __________ waves.

a)

transverse

b)

electromagnetic

c)

longitudinal

d)

surface

12.

A back-and-forth motion causing particles to move close together generates a _________.

a)

rarefaction

b)

surface wave

c)

transverse wave

d)

compression

13.

A rarefaction is generated when particles move _______.

a)

together

b)

apart

c)

closer

d)

under

14.

In which of these types of media will sound travel fastest?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

vacuum

15.

Which temperature causes sound to travel more slowly?

a)

hot

b)

cold

16.

Frequency of waves is measured in __________.

a)

hertz

b)

decibels

c)

watts

d)

meters/second

17.

The highness or lowness of a sound is its ____________.

a)

pitch

b)

volume

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

18.

A change in frequency results in a change of wave length; a change in amplitude does not.

a)

true

b)

false

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