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Sound

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Late one night your brother’s loud music wakes you up. What property of sound is this an example of?

a)

a. pitch

b)

b. force

c)

c. tension

d)

d. volume

2.

sound travels slowest through this material

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

3.

The vibrating drum causes the air around it to ____________, allowing __________ to travel outwards until it reaches an ear.

a)

move, air

b)

vibrate, sound

c)

travel, light

d)

change, amplitude

4.

What do you call how high or low a sound is?

a)

Volume

b)

Pitch

c)

Vibrations

d)

Sound

5.

The farther away you are from the source of sound the softer the volume and the less clear the sound is.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Students are making rubber bands vibrate. If one rubber band is thinner than another, what happens to the pitch?

a)

it is the same

b)

it is higher

c)

it is lower

d)

it is louder

7.

If a guitarist was trying to make a high pitch sound. What 2 things could he do?

a)

tighten the cord and pluck a thicker cord

b)

loosen the cord and pluck a thinner cord

c)

tighten the cord and pluck the thinner cord

d)

loosen the cord and pluck the thicker cord

8.

In your investigation, which statement was true about the pitch of the thicker rubber band in comparison to the thinner rubber band? The pitch of the thicker rubber band was....

a)

it was higher

b)

it was lower

c)

it was louder

d)

it was softer

9.

The ________ of a sound is how high or low the sound is.

a)

volume

b)

amplitude

c)

wave

d)

pitch

10.

The high point of a wave of a wave is called a ____________.

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

sound

d)

wave