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Fusion Unit 2 Sound

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A few boys are sledding on snow in their favorite park. They notice that it is harder to hear someone shouting from the top of the hill to the bottom than it is in the summertime. What factor is most likely affecting the sound of their shouting?

a)

altitude

b)

frequency

c)

pressure

d)

temperature

2.

Which of the following is the best example of resonance?

a)

a bat uses unltrasonic waves to locate its next meal.

b)

a telephone changes sound waves into electric signals

c)

a guitar body vibrates from the sound of a plucked string

d)

a jet produces a sonic boom as it breaks the sound barrier

3.

What does the picture show?

a)

Echolocation

b)

Ultrasound

c)

Radar

d)

Transducer

4.

Through which medium does sound move the fastest?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

5.

Sound cannot travel through outer space.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What does the picture show?

a)

Sonar

b)

Radar

c)

Ultrasound

d)

Sound waves

7.

Objects that vibrate make energy. Which type of energy results from vibrations that travel through the air?

a)

sound

b)

chemical

c)

potential

d)

electrical

8.
Amplitude is used to measure what?
a)
Pitch
b)
Volume
c)
Sound
d)
Echoes
9.
A rapid back and forth movement?
a)
Echo
b)
Vibrate
c)
Pitch
d)
Amplitude
10.
We measure pitch in....
a)
Volume
b)
Decibles
c)
Amplitude
d)
Frequency
11.
When a sound bounces back at you off of a surface
a)
Volume
b)
Pitch
c)
Frequency
d)
Echo
12.
How High or Low a sound is
a)
Volume
b)
Amplitude
c)
Pitch
d)
Vibrate
13.
We measure sound in...
a)
Decimals
b)
Decibles
c)
Frequency 
d)
Amplitude
14.
Soft surfaces _______ sound waves. 
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
15.
What is volume?
a)
how high or low a sound is
b)
the loudness or softness of a sound
c)
the number of vibrations per second
d)
vibrations
16.

What is a medium?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

All of the above

17.

Sound waves can travel through a vacuum.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Area of a longitudinal wave where particles are APART.

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Refraction

d)

Compassion

19.
The more_______ a sound has, the greater its _________ is. 
a)
pitch, volume
b)
energy, sound
c)
frequency, vibration
d)
energy, volume
20.

A kind of energy that travels in waves that you hear

a)

Sound

b)

Crest

c)

Light

d)

Pitch

21.

a change in the observed frequency of a wave when the sound source, the observer, or both are moving

a)

Loudness

b)

Decibel

c)

Doppler Effect

d)

Pitch