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Sound Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sound is a form of _________.

a)

light

b)

energy

c)

matter

2.

What is sound?

a)

Energy caused by vibration you can hear.

b)

To move back and forth very quickly.

c)

How high or low a sound is.

d)

The ability to make something move or change.

3.

What is vibrate?

a)

Energy caused by vibration you can hear.

b)

To move back and forth very quickly.

c)

How high or low a sound is.

d)

The ability to make something move or change.

4.

How does sound travel?

a)

As a wave

b)

Travels slow

c)

Travels by bumping into eachother

5.

Sound is...

a)

a beautiful thing

b)

a wave or vibration

c)

a kind of music

d)

a musical instrument

6.

The sound travels through...

a)

two states of matter

b)

four states of matter

c)

three states of matter

d)

five states of matter

7.

Sound can be heard!

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When an object vibrates, it produces:

a)

Colours.

b)

Nothing.

c)

Sound waves.

9.
How is sound produced?
a)
By the vibration of particles
b)
By the transfer of particles 
10.

Banging a small drum makes ......... vibrations.

a)

fast

b)

slow

11.

Tightening the drum skin gives a ........... pitched.

a)

higher

b)

lower

12.

Fast vibrations make ......... pitched sound

a)

low

b)

high

13.

Slow vibrations make ......... pithed sound.

a)

low

b)

high

14.

You can raise the pitch on a string instrument by making the string ........... , ..............., or .............. .

a)

thinner, shorter, or tighter.

b)

thicker, looser, or longer.

15.
What is pitch?
a)
How high or low a sound is
b)
How loud or soft a sound is
c)
How cool or hot a sound is
d)
How much a sound echo's
16.

What would happen if you tighten the strings on this guitar?

a)

It would have a lower pitch

b)

It would have a higher pitch

c)

It would have no effect on the sound

17.

Which string on the guitar would have the lowest pitch?

a)

Strings 1

b)

Strings 2

c)

String 3

d)

They all have the same pitch

18.

Which bungee cord has the highest pitch?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

19.

Bungee cord D has the lowest pitch, Why?

a)

It is green

b)

Its the thinnest

c)

Its the longest

d)

Its tighter

20.

What could you do to make the drum have a lower pitch?

a)

tighten the skin

b)

loosen the skin

21.

What is volume?

a)

The intensity of a sound.

b)

How low or high a sound is.

c)

Something we measure in math.

d)

How loud a sound is.

22.

A sound with a higher frequency has a higher ______.

a)

volume

b)

pitch

c)

note

d)

amplitude

23.

Sound can be affected by:

a)

pitch

b)

music

c)

volume

d)

touch

24.

Volume tells you if a sound is:

a)

wavy or straight

b)

deep or wide

c)

low or high

d)

loud or soft

25.

When a sound wave has a lot of energy it has a

a)

high pitch

b)

loud volume

26.

When a sound wave has a small amount of energy it has a

a)

low pitch

b)

soft volume

27.

Sound waves travel fastest through

a)

gasses

b)

liquids

c)

solids

28.

When a sound has fast vibrations it has a

a)

high pitch

b)

high volume

29.

When a sound wave has a lot of energy it has a

a)

high pitch

b)

high volume

30.

Two astronauts walking on the Moon are trying to communicate with each other. Which way of communicating will NOT work for them?

a)

a. a space suit radio

b)

b. waving

c)

c. ringing a bell

d)

d. flashing a light

31.

Which of the following waves shows the highest pitch?

a)
b)
32.

Julieth is flicking the lights on and off in the classroom. Which way is she communicating?

a)

With sound

b)

With light

c)

With light and sound

33.

Angel is ringing a bell to tell everyone time is up. Which way is he communicating?

a)

With sound

b)

With light

c)

With light and sound

34.

Sky is going to bang with a metal spoon on a pot to let Tawaba know when she is done. What is she doing?

a)

Communicating with sound

b)

Communicating with light

c)

Communicating with light and sound

35.

Which is an example of communicating with light?

a)

A secret knock on the door

b)

Blowing a whistle

c)

Quickly turning on and off a flashlight

36.

Which is an example of communicating with sound?

a)

A drum roll

b)

A traffic light turning red

c)

Turning off a light for quiet reading

37.

Which is an example of using light to get somone's attention?

a)

use a mirror to reflect the sun shining in the

window

b)

pick up a white piece of paper and wave it in the

air

c)

flick a rubber band across the room

d)

pick up a metal tin and hit it with an expo marker

38.

Which is an example of someone using a sound to get a friend's attention?

a)

Making a smoke signal at a fire

b)

Using a mirror to reflect sunlight

c)

Blowing a metal whistle

d)

Using a flashlight

39.

Sound is produced by ________.

a)

Vibrations

b)

Heat

c)

Light

d)

Noise

40.

You have two glass jars. You want them to play different pitches, how do they need to be filled?

a)

Fill them both all the way up

b)

Make sure they are both empty

c)

Fill them up to different levels

d)

They will sound the same, because they are both water

41.

How would someone know the sound the glass filled with water will make when it is tapped?

a)

They will all sound the same.

b)

They are all the same because it is water

c)

There is no way to know until you tap it

d)

The different amounts of water make different pitches

42.

Otto wants to design a sound device for communicating over distances. He wants the device to create different pitches so that he can communicate different things. What type of objects should Otto use in his device?

a)

objects that can vibrate slowly and quickly

b)

objects that can make loud and soft sounds

43.

The picture shows neighbors Derrick and Jill using two tin cans connected by a piece of string to talk.


How can they talk using cans and string?

a)

by using heat energy from a their breath to send heat energy down the tight string to the other can

b)

by causing vibrations with their voice to send sound energy down the tight string to the other can

44.

Carlise is designing a device that will communicate through sound using two guitar strings. One string should have a low-pitched sound, which will mean the word "No", and the other string should have a high-pitched sound, which will mean "Yes". The picture shows the base of Carlise's design.


The dotted lines shows where the strings will go on the base. How should Carlise design the strings on her device to make one string high in pitch and one string low in pitch?

a)

She should make the strings the same tightness and pluck one string hard, and one string softly.

b)

She should make one string loose so that it vibrates quickly, and one string tight so that it vibrates slowly.

45.

Dionne and Zoe are partners in science class. They have been asked to design a device that will communicate sound across a distance. Dionne thinks their device would work best if they used some kind of solid object to transfer the sound across a distance. Zoe, on the other hand, thinks their device would work better if it used the air to transfer the sound. Who is correct? Why?

a)

Zoe because sound vibrations cannot travel through the particles in solids

b)

Dionne because sound vibrations travel best through the particles in solids

46.

The table shows the speed of sound traveling in four different materials.


Nathan is designing a device that will communicate using sound waves across distances. Which statement would best help Nathan to complete his design?

a)

A device that uses iron will communicate faster than a device that uses air.

b)

A device that uses water will communicate faster than a device that uses copper.

47.

Liz is designing a device to communicate with light across a distance by shining a flashlight through different-colored materials toward another person. Which material would work best for her device?

a)

glass

b)

cardboard

48.

Adelyn is designing a device that will communicate simple messages using sound waves. She fills four glass bottles with different amounts of water. The picture shows part of her device.


She will tap different bottles with a spoon to create sound waves to send different messages. Why does Adelyn put different amounts of water in each bottle?

a)

She will be able to create different pitches of sound

b)

B She will be able to create different speeds of sound

49.

What are two ways that we can communicate information?

a)

light

b)

touch

c)

sound

d)

sight

50.

What are two examples of how sound and light are used together to communicate a message?

a)

traffic lights and couches

b)

cell phones and spotlights

c)

walls and chairs

d)

television and firetrucks