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Electricity and sound

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this icon on the STAR guide represent?

a)

battery-power

b)

mains power

c)

lightening

d)

mobile phone

2.

Which appliances or devices use battery power?

a)

mobile phone

b)

kettle

c)

torch

d)

lamp

e)

tablet

3.

A source of (a)   is needed for electrical devices to work.

4.

What source of electricity do televisions, kettles and lamps use?

a)

battery

b)

solar

c)

mains

d)

static

5.

What does this icon mean?

(a)  

6.

Write one way you can ensure you are safe around electricity.

4 lines
7.

Sources of electricity (a)   electricity round a circuit.

8.

Select all the complete circuits.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
9.

A (a)   can break or reconnect a circuit.

10.

Select the component that is NOT needed for a complete circuit.

a)

battery (cell)

b)

wires

c)

crocodile clips

d)

appliance (light, buzzer or motor)

11.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

circuit

b)

insulator

c)

conductor

d)

electricity

12.

Write 2 materials that are electrical insulators.

4 lines
13.

What does this image represent?

a)

circuit

b)

insulator

c)

conductor

d)

electricity

14.

Which of these materials could you use to complete a circuit?

a)

ballpoint pen

b)

rubber band

c)

a piece of string

d)

metal spoon

15.

Materials that allow electricity to flow easily are called (a)   .

16.

An (a)   is a material that doesn't allow electricity to flow easily.

17.

How does sound travel?

a)

through vibrations

b)

straight to the ear

c)

only through water

d)

by bouncing off surfaces

18.

Sound moved through all materials by making them vibrate.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The stronger the vibrations, the ______ the sound.

a)

Louder

b)

quieter

c)

higher

d)

lower

20.

Sounds are (a)   the further you get from the sound source.

21.

As sound travels it ____________

a)

stays focused on one spot

b)

stops when it hits something

c)

spreads out

d)

doesn't do anything

22.

Explain what happens to create louder sounds.

4 lines
23.

Select all the mediums sound can travel through.

a)

water

b)

space

c)

metal

d)

air

24.

The quality of the sound is also known as the (a)  

25.

The pitch depends on the (a)   of the vibrations.

26.

Different materials produce ________________

a)

bubbles

b)

no sounds

c)

different volumes

d)

different pitches

27.

If an object vibrates quickly we hear (a)  

28.

If we hear a low-pitched sound the object vibrates ______

a)

quickly

b)

slowly

29.

Changing the shape, size and material of an object _______

a)

will change the sound it produces

b)

will make no difference

c)

will make everything louder

d)

will make the sounds softer

30.

Sound travel can _______

a)

get louder and softer

b)

jump over objects

c)

be blocked

31.

the vibrations are known as the _________

a)

frequency

b)

pitch

c)

sound

d)

electricity