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3.1 Sound waves and how they travel

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A series of vibrations you can hear.

a)

Light.

b)

Electromagnetic wave.

c)

Sound

d)

Magnetic wave.

2.
Area where air is pushed together by vibrations
a)

Rarefaction

b)

Compression.

c)

Reflection.

d)

Collection.

3.

Area where the air particles are further apart.

a)

Rarefaction

b)
compression
c)

Refraction

d)

Reflection

4.
Sound travels fastest through...
a)
gas
b)
liquid
c)
solids/metals
d)
space
5.
Sounds travels slowest through...
a)
space
b)
solids/metals
c)
gas
d)
liquids
6.
Area of a longitudinal wave where particles are APART. 
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
7.

What is vibration?

a)

The rate at which sound waves occur

b)

Movement back and forth

c)

How high or low a sound is

8.

A place where no sound exists is...

a)

in the air

b)

under water

c)

space/vaccum

d)

all of the above

9.
True or False: Sound travels faster through solids than through liquids
a)
True 
b)
False
10.

True or False: Sound waves need a material, or medium, to travel through.

a)
True 
b)
False
11.

True or False: When sound is produced air itself does travel/move from the source to your ear.

a)
True 
b)
False
12.
What state of matter allows sound to travel the slowest?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid 
c)
Gas
d)
Doesn't Matter
13.
Sound is able to travel faster in solids than in air because the molecules in a solid are
a)
closer together than air molecules
b)
more easily moved than air molecules
c)
moving faster than air molecules moving faster than air molecules
d)
larger than air molecules
14.
A wave in which the particles vibrate in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
ocean wave
c)
transverse wave
d)
mechanical wave
15.

You can't hear sounds when you are .............................................

a)

in space.

b)

locked inside a room.

c)

underwater.

d)

locked inside a box full of gas.

16.

Speed of sound if it travels through air at sea level.

a)

330 m/s

b)

1500 m/s

c)

5000 m/s

d)

330 km/h

17.

Speed of sound if it travels through water.

a)

330 m/s

b)

1500 m/s

c)

5000 m/s

d)

330 km/h

18.

A sound wave transfers energy ............................................... matter

a)

and

b)

without transferring

19.

Can be made on a Slinky spring.

(Move your hand in and out)

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

20.

Particles move to and fro in the same direction as the wave is travelling.

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

21.

Can be made on a rope.

(Move your hand up and down)

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

22.

Particles move at right angles (90°) to the direction of travel of the wave.

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

23.

Sound waves and some types of earthquake waves are examples of .............................................................................

a)

longitudinal waves

b)

transverse waves

24.

'Mexican waves made in football stadiums is an example of .............................................................................

a)

longitudinal waves

b)

transverse waves

25.

Which of the options below is an example of a longitudinal wave?

a)

b)

26.

Which of the options below is an example of a a transverse wave?

a)

b)