WorksheetsAdv Phys Sci-Section 7 Sound - Vocabulary Quiz Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Sound waves travel by alternately compressing and ______.
a)
expanding
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
2.
_____________ causes sound
a)
vibration
b)
sound
c)
sound waves
d)
vacuum
e)
supersonic
3.
_____________ is a periodic back and forth motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium.
a)
vibration
b)
sound
c)
sound waves
d)
vacuum
e)
supersonic
4.
If something travels faster than the speed of sound it is called __________________
a)
supersonic
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
5.
The loudness of a sound is measured in a logarithmic unit called ________
a)
decibel
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
6.
How high or low a sound depends on its ___________
a)
frequency
b)
pitch
c)
sound
d)
vibration
e)
sound waves
7.
The rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time in a given sample is called its ____________
a)
frequency
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
8.
When sound waves are reflected back to its source (so we hear it again), it is called an ____.
a)
echo
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
9.
The pitch of a sound is measured in _______ (which is the SI unit of frequency).
a)
hertz
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
10.
The three types of musical instruments are percussion, stringed, and ________.
a)
wind
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
11.
A musical sound governed by the rate of vibrations produced in mediums of sound: air, water, wood, etc. is called the _______
a)
tone
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
12.
The properties of a room of a building that determines how sound is transmitted is called _______________.
a)
acoustics
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
13.
The increase in amplitude of a systems natural frequency when the system is exposed to the same repeated vibrational force is called _____________ .
a)
resonance
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
14.
The pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy traveling through a medium as it propagates away from the source of the sound is called ____________.
a)
sound waves
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
vacuum
e)
supersonic
15.
____________ help determine the difference in sounds and is defined as a musical tone which is part of the harmonic series above the fundamental note.
a)
overtones
b)
sound
c)
vibration
d)
sound waves
e)
vacuum
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