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Unit 6 Sound Waves

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Amplitude is used to measure what?
a)
Pitch
b)
Volume
c)
Sound
d)
Echoes
2.
A sound with a low frequency and low amplitude would be....
a)
Loud with a high pitch
b)
Loud with a low pitch
c)
Quiet with a high pitch
d)
Quiet with a low pitch
3.
We measure pitch in....
a)
Volume
b)
Decibles
c)
Amplitude
d)
Frequency
4.
How LOUD or quiet a sound is...
a)
Pitch
b)
Fequency
c)
Volume
d)
Echo
5.
How High or Low a sound is
a)
Volume
b)
Amplitude
c)
Pitch
d)
Vibrate
6.
We measure sound in...
a)
Decimals
b)
Decibles
c)
Frequency 
d)
Amplitude
7.
An ________ is a reflected sound.
a)
Vibration
b)
Echo
c)
Pitch
d)
Volume
8.

Sound is a form of energy produced by ______________.

a)

Vibrations

b)

Distances

c)

Prisms

d)

Forces

9.

Sound waves travel the FASTEST through _____________.

a)

Gases

b)

Liquids

c)

Solids

10.

An object that does not vibrate cannot produce

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Heat

d)

Electricity

11.

A place where no sound exists is...

a)

in the air.

b)

under water.

c)

space.

d)

all of the above

12.

Why do we see lightning before we hear the thunder?

a)

Our eyes trick us.

b)

Light travels faster than sound.

c)

they're two separate things.

13.

What is Pitch?

a)

How loud or soft a sound is.

b)

Muscle that holds vocal cords.

c)

Movement back and forth.

d)

How high or low a sound is.

14.

____________ is determined by sound's frequency

a)

Compression

b)

Pitch

15.

A sound with a high frequency has a _____ pitch. A sound with a ____ frequency has a low pitch.

a)

high, low

b)

low, high

c)

medium, high

d)

high, medium

16.
Bending of waves around an object (such as through a doorway)
a)
sound
b)
diffract
c)
pitch
d)
volume
17.
travels through solids fastest because the molecules are closer together
a)
speed of sound
b)
wavelength
c)
frequency
d)
amplitude
18.
Material (matter) through which a wave travels
a)
medium
b)
Doppler Effect
c)
sound
d)
pitch
19.
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
a)
rarefaction
b)
compression
c)
crest
d)
trough
20.
A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
21.

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter

a)
wave
b)
trough
c)
pitch
d)
sound
22.
A wave that requires a medium through which to travel
a)
mechanical wave
b)
chemical wave
c)
electromagnetic wave
d)
pitch
23.
You and your father inspect an empty house with the hopes of buying it. You walk through the rooms talking to one another, and you notice that your voices and footsteps are echoing in the big, empty house. What causes the echo?
a)
sound waves reflecting off smooth, flat surfaces throughout the house
b)
sound waves moving around the large rooms
c)
sound waves moving slowly through air
d)
sound waves refracting around corners in the empty rooms
24.
Cletus wants to make ear protectors for people who work around loud jet engines at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta. Which of the following materials should he experiment with for the best results?
a)
a material that produces sound
b)
a material that absorbs sound
c)
a material that transmits sound
d)
a material that amplifies sound
25.
As the fire truck approached Mary, the pitch of the siren got higher. Once the fire truck passed and moved away, the siren's pitch got lower. This change in pitch is because of a change in the sound wave's
a)
concussion. 
b)
amplitude. 
c)
reflection.
d)
frequency. 
26.
After the train passed, the pitch of the train whistle became lower. This change in sound would be represented by what change in the diagram above? 
a)
The distance represented by C would increase. 
b)
The distance represented by C would decrease. 
c)
The distance represented by D would increase. 
d)
The distance represented by D would decrease. 
27.

What is the Doppler Effect

a)

Where the wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving

b)

When a wave is shifted when a body pushes the wave

c)

Where the apparent wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving

28.
Which of the following would you hear as a low pitched sound? 
a)
sound wave with a frequency of 50 Hz
b)
sound wave with frequency of 10,000 Hz
c)
sound wave with an intensity of 10 dB
d)
sound wave with an intensity of 100 dB
29.

An observer moves towards a source of sound at a speed of 30 ms-1

If the frequency of the sound to a stationary observer is 500 Hz the frequency to the moving observer is

a)

456 Hz

b)

544 Hz

c)

460 Hz

d)

325 Hz

30.

Lance and Kasi conduct an activity using a slinky. Lance fixes one end of the slinky against a fixed support. He then moves the slinky back and forth, as shown.


Kasi sees the wave moving towards the fixed support. What is true for this mechanical wave?

a)

It transmits energy only

b)

It transmits matter only

c)

It transmits both matter and energy

d)

It transmits both energy and a medium

31.

What kind of wave requires the particles of a medium to vibrate and transfer energy?

a)

infrared light wave

b)

Radio Wave

c)

Seismic Wave

d)

Visible light wave

32.

An undersea earthquake centered 1000 miles off the coast of Hawaii creates a tsunami headed toward the Hawaiian coast. This tsunami encounters a fishing boat 500 miles from the coast. What will happen to the boat?

a)

The tsunami will pick up the boat at its current position and carry the boat on its crest all the way into the coast.

b)

The tsunami will carry the boat toward the coast for many miles, but because the boat is so large, the wave canot carry it all the way to shore.

c)

The boat will be lifted up as the wave passes beneath it, and then be pushed many miles from the coast.

d)

The boat will bob up and down as the wave passes beneath it, but the wave will not carry the boat either toward or away from shore.

33.

Two sound waves of different frequencies interfere and produce a resulting waveform shown with four points (W, X, Y, and Z) marked on the new wave.


At which point will the sound be the loudest ?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

34.

The diagram shows a research vessel using sonar to map the ocean floor.


Upon which basic behavior of sound waves does this technology depend?

a)

absorption

b)

compression

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

35.

A boy has a cork on his fishing line in a lake. His brother throws a rock in the lake near where he is fishing, and the waves created from the rock splashing cause the boy's cork to bob up and down for over a minute. What is the medium for the waves in this scenario?

a)

the cork

b)

the water

c)

the rock

d)

the fishing line

36.

Through which medium is it impossible to transmit sound waves?

a)

space

b)

rock

c)

air

d)

water

37.

Which of these is not a property of a sound wave?

a)

intensity

b)

elasticity

c)

loudness

d)

pitch

38.

The apparent change in frequency as a wave source moves in relation to the listener is the ___________.

a)

Doppler Effect

b)

Doppler Radar

c)

Doppelganger

39.
Long sound waves are...
a)
high pitched
b)
low pitched
c)
medium pitched
40.
Short sound waves are...
a)
high pitched
b)
low pitched
c)
medium pitched
41.
When the car moves AWAY from you, its horn seems...
a)
Low pitched
b)
High pitched
c)
Normal
42.
When an ambulance move TOWARD you it sounds ________ pitched. 
a)
high
b)
low
c)
medium
43.
What can you tell about this object's motion?
a)
Moving to the North (up).
b)
Moving to the South (down). 
c)
Moving to the West (left). 
d)
Moving to the East (right). 
44.
What can you tell about the motion of this object?
a)
Moving left.
b)
Moving right quickly.
c)
Standing still. 
d)
Moving up slowly. 
45.
This image is representing what wave interaction?
a)
Refraction
b)
Diffraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Interference