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Waves of Sound Test

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

how high or low a sound is

a)

frequency

b)

volume

c)

vibration

d)

pitch

2.

A back and forth movement of matter

a)

volume

b)

vibration

c)

pitch

d)

frequency

3.
How does sound travel?
a)
Sounds travels in waves
b)
sound travels slow
c)
sound travels fast
d)
sound doesn't travel
4.
What is volume?
a)
How high or low a sounds is
b)
reflected sound that comes back and is repeated
c)
how loud or soft sound is
d)
movement back and forth
5.
Sound travels fastest through...
a)
gas
b)
liquid
c)
solids/metals
d)
space
6.
Sounds travels slowest through...
a)
space
b)
solids/metals
c)
gas
d)
liquids
7.
Why can't we hear sound in space?
a)
can't take our helmet off to hear
b)
Space has no mass / no gas/ solids/ liquids
c)
because it's dark
d)
Don't know, I've never been to space
8.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
9.

A place where no sound exists is...

a)

in the air

b)

under water

c)

space

d)

all of the above

10.
__________ means to move back and forth quickly.
a)
Pitch
b)
Amplitude
c)
Vibration
d)
Echo
11.
Sound is a form of energy produced by ______________.
a)
vibrations
b)
distances
c)
prisms
d)
Ms. Crews
12.
The volume of a sound is measured in units called ________
a)
decibels
b)
liters
c)
sound waves
d)
inches per minute
13.
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
14.

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.

15.
Which of the following is an example of sound traveling through a solid?
a)
When you hear people in another room
b)
When you hear things underwater
c)
When you are talking to the person next to you
d)
Sound cannot travel through solids
16.

When people speak their ________ vibrate.

a)

ear drums

b)

vocal chords

c)

ears

d)

tongue

17.
Sound waves travel the SLOWEST through _____________.
a)
gases
b)
solids
c)
liquids
18.
The volume of a sound is measured in units called ________
a)
decibels
b)
liters
c)
sound waves
d)
inches per minute
19.

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.

20.
Which is not a group of musical instruments?
a)
woodwinds
b)
brasswinds
c)
strings
d)
percussion
21.
How do woodwind instruments create different pitches?
a)
by changing the amount of air inside the instrument
b)
by altering how hard you blow into the instrument
c)
by altering the shape of your mouth as you blow into the instrument
d)
by changing the elasticity of the air
22.
A longer column of air creates a sound with:
a)
higher pitch
b)
lower pitch
c)
louder sound
d)
less loud sound
23.
Thicker strings make what type of sound?
a)
higher pitched
b)
lower pitched 
c)
louder
d)
softer
24.
How do string instruments make sound?
a)
the strings vibrate making noise
b)
the strings vibrate the air around it causing noise
25.
Shorter strings create what type of sound?
a)
softer
b)
louder
c)
higher pitched
d)
lower pitched
26.
Which of these do not affect the sound made by a string instrument
a)
length of the string
b)
tightness of the string
c)
thickness of the string
d)
how hard you pluck the string
27.

Sound is produced by -----

a)

Heat energy

b)

Low temperatures

c)

Vibrations

d)

Friction

28.

True or False: Sound needs a medium.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

What is sound measured in?

a)

metres (m)

b)

kilograms (kg)

c)

decibels (dB)

d)

millilitres (ml)

30.

_____________ instruments are instruments that you have to hit or shake in order to make a sound.

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

String

31.

Sounds are ...

a)

a type of force

b)

a type of electricity

c)

a type of magnet

d)

vibrations that travel through the air and can be heard by a person's ear.

32.

Another word for quiet is ...

a)

heavy

b)

high

c)

faint

d)

low

33.

An example of a man-made sound is ...

a)

wind blowing

b)

waves crashing

c)

rain falling

d)

a trumpet playing

34.

All musical instruments create sound through ___.

a)

strings

b)

hitting

c)

blowing

d)

vibrations

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