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Sound Waves

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name

Class

Date

An ________ is a reflected sound.

Vibration

Echo

Pitch

Volume

If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___

frequency

amplitude

speed

volume

The speed of a sound wave depends on

the frequency

the medium

both air temperature and medium

the air temperature

What unit is the intensity of sound measured in?

decibels (dB)

Hertz (Hz)

meters per second (m/s)

meters

A note is played on a guitar. Next, a lower note is played on the guitar. Which of these statements describes the lower note?

Both notes vibrated at the same speed.

The second note vibrated slower.

The second note vibrates at a higher frequency.

The second note vibrated faster.

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?

sound waves reflecting off smooth, flat surfaces throughout the house

sound waves moving around the large rooms

sound waves moving slowly through air

sound waves refracting around corners in the empty rooms

When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?

Frequency

Amplitude

Wavelength

Crest

Sound is made when a source of energy forces the matter around it to __________.

Vibrate

Amplitude

Stay still

Pitch

Sound waves CANNOT travel through which of these:

Paper

Milk

Outer space

10.

Sound is produced when something ______________

Vibrates

Moves through empty space

11.

Low frequency = _______ Pitch

Low

High

12.

High frequency = _______ Pitch

High

Low

13.

Way in which sound waves are used by animals such as dolphins and bats.

Echolocation

Transverse

Doppler Effect

Longitudinal

14.

In which of these types of media will sound travel fastest?

Solid

Liquid

Gas

15.

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

Elasticity

Loudness

Pitch

16.

Frequency of waves is measured in

Hertz

Decibels

Watts

17.

Which of the following pipes, when hit, would make the lowest pitch?

1 foot long pipe

2 foot long pipe

3 foot long pipe

4 foot long pipe

18.

How high or low a sound is the definition of

sound

matter

pitch

volume

19.

Which of the following drums will make the highest pitch?

20.

If you roll a large sheet of paper into a funnel, you can hear the sound better. This process of increasing the loudness of a sound is called

measuring a wave

absorption

reflection

amplification

21.

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

A type of gas, like helium

Empty space

A metal such as iron

Water

22.

Pythagoras started a secret brotherhood called __________.

Math Geeks

The Pythagoreans

Pupils of Pythagoras

Mu Alpha Theta

23.

His first "official" school taught four subjects: number theory, geometry, astronomy and __________.

history

music

grammar

chemistry

24.

Which instrument is a percussion instrument?

Piano

Synthesizer

Fluglehorn

Xylophone

25.

What 2 components are needed to make a sound?

Activator and

Big Chamber

Actuator and

Resonator Chamber

Resonation and Station

Banging

Chamber of music and Resisting

Reset

Sound Waves

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

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