Worksheets15.Sound
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Blowing through a straw will produce a sound. Which straw will produce the highest pitch?
A
B
C
D
The diagram shows a sound wave traveling through a medium. Which statement best describes how the sound wave is moving through a medium?
The sound wave is creating tensions and accumulations in the medium.
The sound wave is creating an echo inside the medium.
The sound wave is creating compressions and rarefractions in the medium.
The sound wave is creating a mechanical wave in the medium.
A small tuning fork produces
A high pitch
A low pitch
A large tuning fork produces
A high pitch
A low pitch
Your teacher has a LOUD voice. This means their voice
Produces larger vibrations
Produces smaller vibrations
Produces the same amount of vibrations as a person with a soft voice.
Produces no vibrations
Anthony's class has a short tuning fork, a medium tuning fork, and a long tuning fork. Their teacher tells them to strike the tuning fork and place the fork in a bowl of water. They oversee the pitch created and measure the vibrations of the tuning fork in Hertz.
What conclusion can Anthony's class make about how vibrations affect sound?
The size of the tuning fork affects the volume of a sound.
Higher pitches produce more vibrations
Lower pitches produce more vibrations
Larger objects produce more vibrations
Bunched up particles in a vibration
rarefaction/expanded
Hertz
compression
Noise
What is the highest point of a wave?
Trough/valley
Wavelength
Amplitude
Crest/peak
Sound waves can travel through a vacuum.
True
False
