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How Sound Waves Travel Through Matter

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What form of energy is produced by vibrations?

a)

Sound

b)

Heat

c)

Light

2.

It is describes as a quick movement of back and forth.

a)

Waves

b)

Vibration

c)

Matter

3.

Sound travels through matter and empty space by means of _____________?

a)

Seismic waves

b)

Transverse waves

c)

Sound Waves

4.

Sound wave is a best example of what kind of wave?

a)

Electromagnetic wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Transverse waves

5.

Property of longitudinal wave where particles are close together is called ___________?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Compression

6.

The place in a longitudinal wave where particles are far from each other is called_______________?

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Amplitude

7.

Madeline is playing the guitar. When she moves her fingers across the strings, the strings vibrate. Then sound waves travel through the air to Madeline’s ear, and she can hear the guitar

a)

The vibrating strings send tiny pieces of sound to Madeline’s ears.

b)

The vibrating strings make the air around them move

c)

The vibrating strings turn the air around them into sound. d

8.

Sound travels faster in solid than in gas and liquid because___________________.

a)

Solid particles are closed to each other allowing particles to move quickly in response to vibration.

b)

Solid particles are far from each other allowing quick response to vibration.

c)

Solid are particles are very far from each other allowing quick movement of particles in response to vibration.

9.

When sound hits a hard, flat solid the sound tends to ____________ resulting to an echo.

a)

Pass through

b)

Bounce back

c)

be absorbed

10.

Sound cannot travel without a medium to pass through.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None of the above

11.
A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave
a)
sound
b)
wavelength
c)
pitch
d)
frequency
12.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
pitch
d)
amplitude
13.
Material (matter) through which a wave travels
a)
medium
b)
Doppler Effect
c)
sound
d)
pitch
14.
If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___
a)
frequency
b)
amplitude
c)
speed
d)
volume
15.
This is what you get when sound waves are reflected, or bounce back, off of a hard surface.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Pitch
c)
Volume
d)
Echo
16.
The speed of a sound wave depends on
a)
the frequency
b)
the medium
c)
both air temperature and medium
d)
the air temperature
17.
When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?
a)
Frequency 
b)
Amplitude 
c)
Wavelength 
d)
Crest
18.
Why is the school library covered with carpet?
a)
So everyone can make a lot of noise
b)
to help absorb sounds to keep it quiet
c)
because it looks good
d)
to help absorb sounds so it can stay noisy
19.

Sound waves help us:

a)

see

b)

hear

c)

smell

20.

Sound waves are:

a)

visible

b)

invisible

21.

A special kind of sound wave is an ECHO because:

a)

you can't hear it.

b)

the sound bounces off a hard surface and you can hear something more than once.

22.

Sound waves CAN travel in outer space.

a)

false

b)

true

23.

The sound that we actually hear is the vibration of molecules.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

If there is a loud noise in your house, the sound travels through

a)

the air

b)

the air and the wall

c)

the air, the wall, the floor

d)

the air and most everything in the house

25.

If there is a loud noise in space, the sound travels through

a)

the space particles

b)

small atoms in space

c)

space is a vacuum, so nothing

26.

What is the source of a sound wave?

a)

Electricity

b)

Vibration

c)

Light waves

d)

Tiny nuclear explosions