WorksheetsSound Waves in Different Media
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
2.
What medium does sound travel through slowest?
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
d)
trees
3.
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.
4.
Which object does sound NOT travel through the fastest?
a)
A chair
b)
A table
c)
A football
d)
milk
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.
What happens when we hear an echo?
a)
We know there is danger
b)
there must be someone yelling back to us
c)
Sound is reflected off a surface and repeated back
d)
sounds waves are traveling really fast
9.
Matter that carries sound waves is called a _________
a)
low
b)
high
c)
medium
d)
surface
10.
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.
11.
The ______ of a sound depends on the medium through which it's moving.
a)
pitch
b)
vibration
c)
speed
d)
sound
12.
Sound will travel fastest through which of the following forms of matter?
a)
water
b)
air
c)
wall
d)
coffee
13.
Sound will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?
a)
milk
b)
desk
c)
air
d)
door
14.
Which object does sound NOT travel through the fastest?
a)
A chair
b)
A table
c)
A football
d)
milk
15.
Sound travels the FASTEST through _____________, SLOWER through ______________ and SLOWEST through _________________.
a)
liquids, solids, gases
b)
solids, gases, liquids
c)
solids, liquids, gases
d)
gases, liquids, solids
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