wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

What is sound energy- Gr4

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
2.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
3.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
4.
Vibrating vocal chords causes sound energy when a person speaks.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What is vibration?
a)
how loud a sound is
b)
the back and forth movement of matter
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the loudness or softness of a sound
6.

1.Sound is a form of energy made by ____________

a)

electricity

b)

vibration

c)

light

d)

volume

7.

Sound travels fastest in...

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

air

8.

Sound waves cannot travel in __________.

a)

air

b)

steel

c)

water

d)

a vacuum

9.

For you to hear sound, which events must take place first?

a)

Your eardrum vibrates when the sound wave reaches it.

b)

An object vibrates to make a sound.

c)

Air particles vibrate as sound moves through the air

10.

Sound waves CANNOT travel through which of these:

a)

liquid

b)

gas

c)

Outer space

11.

Which property of waves changes how loud a sound is? 

a)

direction

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

12.

When objects vibrate, they create regions of space in which the air particles are bunched together called...

a)

Conductions

b)

Compressions

c)

Rarefactions

d)

Close vibrations

13.

True or False:

Sound energy needs a medium (solid, liquid or gas) to travel through.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Sound travels on

a)

bikes

b)

trains

c)

boats

d)

waves

15.

How high or low a sound is

a)

volume

b)

sound

c)

pitch

d)

molecules

16.

The larger the amplitude of the wave, the ______ the sound.

a)

louder

b)

softer

c)

smaller

d)

higher

17.

Which form of matter does sound travel through the fastest?

a)

solids

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

all of these

18.

Which form of matter does sound travel through the slowest??

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gas

d)

all of these

19.
As the frequency of a sound wave increases, the pitch ____
a)
becomes higher.
b)
becomes lower.
c)
becomes louder.
d)
becomes softer.
20.

    4. Sound travels faster in liquids than in _______.

a)

A. Solid

b)

B. Liquid

c)

C. Metal

d)

D. Gas

21.

10. From fastest to slowest, what is the order sound waves would travel through a medium?

 

a)

  A. solids, liquids, and then gases

b)

B. gases, liquids, then solids

c)

C. solids, gases, and then liquids

d)

D. liquids, solids, and then gases

22.

Sounds can be produced when an object vibrates then cause air particles to move and create sound waves.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

How do objects make a low pitch sound?

a)

faster vibrations

b)

slower vibrations

c)

no vibrations

24.

Why do we hear a sound?

a)

because of the vibrations that travel into our ears through waves

b)

because we love music

c)

because we pay attention

d)

because we can play the guitar

25.

Is the distance between a point on one wave and a similar point on the next wave.

a)

Frequency

b)

Pitch

c)

Wavelength

26.

Is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.

a)

Frequency

b)

Pitch

c)

Wavelength

27.

Describes how high or low a sound is

      

a)

Frequency

b)

Pitch

c)

Wavelength

28.

If you change the frequency, or wavelength, of a sound wave, you change its

a)

Loudness

b)

Pitch

c)

Vibration

d)

Compression

29.

If you change the amplitude, or height, of a sound wave, you change its ___

a)

Loudness

b)

Pitch

c)

Vibration

d)

Compression

30.

Which is the best description of a sound wave when the pitch of the sound is very high?

a)

It has a low frequency

b)

It has a high frequency

c)

  It has no wavelength

d)

It has no frequency

31.

A guitarist strums two strings of the same thickness on a guitar. The first string vibrates more quickly than the second string. What is true about the pitch of the strings?

a)

The first string has a higher pitch than the second string

b)

The second string has a higher pitch than the first string

c)

The first string and the second string have the same pitch

32.

What happens when the amplitude of a sound increases?

a)

It sounds lower

b)

It sounds louder

c)

  It has a higher pitch

d)

  It has a higher frequency

33.

The volume depends on _______ of the sound wave

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

  Crest

34.

. The pitch depends on ________ of the sound wave

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Crest

35.

Is the highest point of the wave

a)

Trough

b)

crest

c)

midline

d)

Amplitude

36.

Is the lowest point of the wave

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

midline

d)

Amplitude

37.

The highest of the wave from the midline

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

frequency

d)

Amplitude

38.

When the frequency is high that means

a)

loud sound

b)

soft sound

c)

high pitch

d)

low pitch

39.

When the amplitude is high( long) that means

a)

loud sound

b)

soft sound

c)

high pitch

d)

low pitch

40.

When the sound waves has high frequency that means it has

a)

long wavelength

b)

short wave length