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Waves of Sound - 4th Grade

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a system of words, letters, or other symbols that stand for other words, letters, or symbols?

a)

Pattern

b)

Code

c)

Sound

d)

Transfer

2.

What does it mean to exchange information?

a)

Decode

b)

Invent

c)

Communicate

d)

Transfer

3.

What is the process of taking a code and changing it to a different form that can be understood?

a)

Communicate

b)

Decode

c)

Transfer

d)

Pattern

4.

What type of energy usually powers light bulbs?

a)

Sound

b)

Pattern

c)

Electricity (electrical energy)

d)

Code

5.

Who is a person that uses science to come up with solutions to problems?

a)

Inventor

b)

Engineer

c)

Communicator

d)

Decoder

6.

Who is someone that comes up with something new, often an object or a way of doing something?

a)

Engineer

b)

Inventor

c)

Pattern

d)

Sound

7.

What is something that happens again and again in a way that can be predicted?

a)

Sound

b)

Pattern

c)

Code

d)

Transfer

8.

What are vibrations that you can usually hear with your ears?

a)

Sound

b)

Code

c)

Pattern

d)

Transfer

9.

What does it mean to move from one place to another?

a)

Decode

b)

Communicate

c)

Transfer

d)

Invent

10.

What happens when sound waves reflect off a surface?

a)

They create a visual illusion

b)

They produce an echo

c)

They disappear completely

d)

They change into light waves

11.

What is sound?

a)

A quick movement back and forth

b)

A pretend version of something

c)

Vibrations that you can usually hear with your ears

d)

A test used to discover new information

12.

What is vibration?

a)

A quick movement back and forth

b)

A sound that bounces off a surface

c)

A pretend version of something

d)

A test used to discover new information

13.

What is the invisible gas that surrounds the Earth?

a)

Vacuum

b)

Air

c)

Vibration

d)

Model

14.

Which part of the ear vibrates to help us hear sounds?

a)

Eardrum

b)

Experiment

c)

Model

d)

Vacuum

15.

What is a test used to discover new information about a question called?

a)

Model

b)

Vibration

c)

Experiment

d)

Air

16.

What is a pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with?

a)

Vacuum

b)

Model

c)

Eardrum

d)

Vibration

17.

What is an empty space without any air called?

a)

Air

b)

Vibration

c)

Vacuum

d)

Experiment

18.

What is a quick movement back and forth called?

a)

Eardrum

b)

Vibration

c)

Model

d)

Air

19.

What is the height of a wave called?

a)

Frequency

b)

Volume

c)

Amplitude

d)

Pitch

20.

What is a device that can show what sound waves look like?

a)

Microscope

b)

Telescope

c)

Oscilloscope

d)

Periscope

21.

How is the loudness of a sound is measured?

a)

Frequency

b)

Volume

c)

Wavelength

d)

Pitch

22.

What is the distance between two points of a wave called?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Pitch

23.

What term describes how high or low a sound is when you hear it?

a)

Volume

b)

Pitch

c)

Frequency

d)

Amplitude