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All About Sound

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you hear a bell ring, the source of sound is...

a)

your ear

b)

the bell

c)

air

2.

Sound can travel through...

a)

only solids

b)

only liquids

c)

only gases

d)

solids, liquids and gases

3.

Sounds are made because of ....

a)

vibrations

b)

light

4.

Which part of our body, can sense vibrations and hear the sounds?

a)

The nose

b)

The eyes

c)

The ear

d)

The tongue

5.

When you speak and touch your throat, you feel some vibrations. What is vibrating inside?

a)

Vocal cords

b)

Ear drum

c)

Guitar strings

6.

When you make a string telephone, it is important that the string is ....

a)

tight

b)

loose

c)

long

7.

Whales communicate under water with the help of .....

a)

light

b)

smell

c)

sounds

d)

touch

8.

Sound cannot travel through....

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

vacuum

9.

Volume

a)

Loud and Soft

b)

High and Low

10.

PITCH

a)

Loud and Soft

b)

High and Low

11.

Low-Pitched Sound

a)

Long and Thick Strings

b)

Short and Thin Strings

12.

High-Pitched Sound

a)

Long and Thick Strings

b)

Short and Thin Strings

13.

A kind of energy that travels in waves that you hear

a)

Sound

b)

Crest

c)

Light

d)

Pitch

14.

How high or low a sound is

a)

pitch

b)

volume

c)

sound

d)

acoustics

15.

How loud or soft the sound is

a)

pitch

b)

acoustics

c)

wavelength

d)

volume

16.

Sound waves travel slowest through a _____

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

17.

Sound waves travel fastest through a ______

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

18.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
19.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
20.

A place where no sound exists is...

a)

in the air

b)

under water

c)

space

d)

all of the above

21.
__________ means to move back and forth quickly.
a)
Pitch
b)
Amplitude
c)
Vibration
d)
Echo
22.
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.
23.
Sound does not travel in space because
a)
Space is too far away.
b)
There is no matter in space.
c)
Space is the final frontier
d)
Space has planets.
24.
You stand outside a room that has the doors and windows closed. Why can you still hear sounds made inside the room?
a)
Vibrations are absorbed in the doors and windows
b)
Vibrations are reflected inside the room
c)
Vibrations travel through the door and the window
d)
Vibrations echo in the room
25.
Why do we see lightning before we hear the thunder?
a)
Our eyes trick us
b)
Light travels faster than sound
c)
they're two separate things
26.

Which sentence BEST describes how sound moves?

a)

Sound can move through solids, liquids, or gases.

b)

Sound can move through empty space or through matter.

c)

Sound can move through solids and liquids but not through gases.

d)

Sound can move through liquids and gases but not through solids.

27.

When people speak their ________ vibrate.

a)

ear drums

b)

vocal chords

c)

ears

d)

tongue

28.

Sarah and Maria made a telephone using two cans and a string. It was a very long string. Maria went upstairs in her house and Sarah stayed downstairs. Maria spoke softly into the can. "I can hear you!' Sarah said back. How can this happen?

a)

Sound waves travel through a vacuum.

b)

Sound waves travel from high to low.

c)

Sound waves travel through solids like the string.

d)

Maria talked so loudly that Sarah could hear her without the phone.

29.

Will a homemade telephone made of two cans and a string work better with a tightly-woven string or a loosely-woven string?

a)

a tightly woven string because it will not come apart as easily

b)

a loosely woven string because the sound waves have more room to move

c)

a tightly woven string because sound waves travel best through dense materials

d)

a loosely woven string because sound waves travel best through less dense materials