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Sound

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______________ is made by vibrations

a)

wave

b)

sound

2.

How high or low a sound is

a)

pitch

b)

sound

c)

volume

d)

acoustics

3.

How loud or soft the sound is

a)

Pitch

b)

Wavelength

c)

Acoustics

d)

Volume

4.

Sound waves travel slowest through a _____

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

5.

Sound waves travel fastest through a ______

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

6.

Sound waves move faster when the medium is ______

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

7.

What is a tool that makes sounds louder called?

a)

Pitch

b)

Outer ear

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplifier

8.

Our __________ vibrates when we talk and sing

a)

Vocal cord

b)

Head

c)

Leg

9.

Human's vocal cord, __________ and thunder are examples of natural sources of sound

a)

Vehicles

b)

trumpets

c)

animals

10.

Unwanted sound which disrupts one's quality of life is called ___________

a)

Noise

b)

Trumpets

c)

Vibration

11.

Why can't we hear sound in space?

a)

Can't take our helmet off to hear

b)

Because it's dark

c)

Space has no mass/ no gas/ solids/ liquids

d)

Don't know, i've never been to space

12.

What happens to our hearing if we listen to loud noises all the time?

a)

We appreciate music better

b)

We start to experience hearing loss

c)

We get a ringing in our ears

13.

How can we protect our ears from hearing loss?

a)

Wear ear plugs

b)

Try not to listen to loud things

c)

Put our fingers in our ears

d)

All of the above

14.

Which picture shows loud sound?

a)
b)
c)
15.

Sound of thunder is ....

a)

soft

b)

loud

c)

softer

16.

Which of this thing has soft sound?

a)
b)
c)
17.

Plane has loud sound. Which thing has loud sound as plane?

a)
b)
c)
18.

from the picture above, we know that sounds are made when things or air ___________.

a)

move

b)

vibrate

c)

touched

d)

pressed

19.

Adam flicked a ruler gently, he heard soft sound. Then, Adam flicked it stronger and he heard louder sound. it means, small vibration produce _______ sounds while large vibration produce ________ sounds

a)

soft, loud

b)

high, low

c)

low, high

d)

looud, soft

20.

Adam is in his bedroom. He could hear the siren of ambulance on the street because of the following reasons, except...

a)

the sound made by the siren was so loud

b)

the sound of the siren was high-pitched

c)

the sound can travel through water

d)

the sound can travel through air

21.

the loud sound produce higher volume and sound level than a soft sound. we can measure the sound level of a sound using ....

a)

voice meter

b)

voice level meter

c)

sound-level meter

d)

sound meter

22.

Ziva measured the sound level of four different places. The quietest place was ______. the loudest place was_______.

a)

park, street

b)

street, school

c)

school, home

d)

home, park

23.

Adam lives near the highway. What can be done on the highway to keep the traffic noise away?

a)

closing the door and windows

b)

build noise barriers

c)

hanging curtains

d)

using carpets and soft cushion

24.

What is one way to change a pitch of a sound?

a)

change the length or thickness of the string

b)

change how hard you blow the instrument

c)

add more weight to the instrument

d)

hit the instrument harder

25.

to produce sounds, Mary plucked the stings of the guitar. it produce low pitch sound because it has _______, ______, ______ string

a)

thicker, looser, shorter

b)

thicker, tighter, longer

c)

thicker, looser, longer

d)

thicker, tighter, shorter

26.

we blow this pan flute to produce sounds. the shortest pipe produce _______

a)

low pitch

b)

high pitch

c)

high volume

d)

low volume

27.

tighter drum skin produce high pitch while looser drum skin produce low skin. to proof that we, first, have to ________ the percussion instrument to produce the sound.

a)

hit

b)

pluck

c)

blow

d)

shake

28.

look at the picture.

In which medium sound can travel?

a)

air

b)

solid

c)

vacuum

d)

liquid

29.

look at the picture.

In which medium sound can travel?

a)

air

b)

solid

c)

vaccum

d)

liquid

30.

Which of the following objects can produce sound by hitting it?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

A sound wave looks most like:

a)

a long rope

b)

a wave in the water

c)

a coiled spring

d)

a short rope

32.

Examples of objects that can produce sounds, are picture . . . .

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

Look at the picture above!

When we sing or talk, the part of the body that vibrates is the designated number . . . .

a)

two

b)

four

c)

three

d)

one

34.

A loud sound has a higher volume and sound level then a soft sound. Sound levels are measured in the unit . . .

a)

decibel (dB)

b)

kilogram (gr)

c)

richter scala

d)

centimeter (cm)

35.

Look at the picture below!

A the picture next to the sound level owned by a live rock music in decibels is . . . .

a)

110 dB

b)

140 dB

c)

100 dB

d)

85 dB

36.

Sound vibrations travel down the ear canal to the

a)

hammer

b)

anvil

c)

cochlea

d)

eardrum

e)

stirrup

37.

Sound waves are collected by the outer ear (pinna) , then travel down the ear canal. The sound wave in the ear canal is caused by

a)

air particles travelling all the way from the outer ear, then through the ear canal

b)

air particles in the ear canal vibrating up and down

c)

air particles in the ear canal vibrating backwards and forwards, but not really changing where they are

d)

nerve cells vibrating in the liquid found in the ear canal

38.
Sound travels at different speeds through different mediums.  Through which medium would your voice travel the fastest?
a)
Air on a cold winter morning
b)
Air on a hot summer afternoon
c)
A metal wall
d)
A pool
39.
An image made by an ultrasound machine, often used for seeing internal organs in humans is called a(n):
a)
infrasound
b)
Ultrasound
c)
doppler effect
d)
decibel
40.
Sound can be measured in ________.  It is recommended that humans not be exposed to volumes over 85 _______ for long periods of time. 
a)
decimals
b)
frequency
c)
hertz
d)
decibels
41.

Reflection is the bouncing back of a wave after it strikes a barrier. A reflected sound wave is called a(n):

a)

incident wave

b)

refracted wave

c)

echo

d)

sound wave

42.

Sound is a form of?

a)

energy

b)

pitch

c)

volume

d)

unwanted noise

43.
Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?
a)
Gas molecules are packed tightly.
b)
Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.
c)
Solid molecules are packed tightly.
d)
Gas molecules move slowly.
44.

The reason you cannot hear the "Death Star" exploding is because

a)

you have a helmet on in your X-wing fighter, blocking out the noise.

b)

you are moving faster than sound

c)

sound cannot travel in the cockpit of your X-wing fighter

d)

sound cannot travel through space

45.

The range of human hearing is from

a)

20 Hz to 2000 Hz

b)

20 Hz to 20 000 Hz

c)

20 Hz to 200 000 Hz

d)

200 Hz to 20 000 Hz

e)

200 Hz to 200 000 Hz