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How Do Sound Waves Transfer Energy? — Worksheet Extraction

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Дуу өөр өөр орчинд янз бүрийн хурдтай тархдаг. Аль орчинд хамгийн их хурдтай тархдаг вэ?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Vacuum

2.

Дууны хэрхэн тархаж чихэнд ирдэгийг тайлбарлана уу.

a)

Бөөмүүд чичирч, зэргэлдээх бөөмстэй мөргөлдөж, энергийг долгион хэлбэрээр дамжиж чихэнд ирдэг.

b)

Аянганаас гарсан дуу гэрэлтэй хамт чихэнд ирдэг.

c)

Бөөмүүд агаарыг халааж чихэнд ирдэг.

d)

Бөөмүүд цахилгаан гүйдлээр чихэнд ирдэг.

3.

What causes an echo?

a)

Sound waves are reflected by a hard surface and return to the listener

b)

Sound waves speed up and become louder in open spaces

c)

Sound waves are absorbed by soft materials and disappear

d)

Sound waves are refracted when they pass through air

4.

Explain why sounds cannot travel through space.

a)

There are no particles in a vacuum to transfer the sound energy

b)

Sound waves are too cold to move in space

c)

Space blocks sound because it is dark

d)

Sound gets converted to light in a vacuum

5.

What happens to the amount of energy a sound wave transfers if the volume of the sound is increased?

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

c)

It stays the same

d)

It changes randomly

6.

A song is playing on the radio. Explain how we can hear the music.

a)

The radio’s speaker vibrates, creating sound waves that travel through the air to your ear

b)

Radio waves travel directly to your ear and you hear them without any speaker

c)

Light from the radio carries the music to your ear

d)

Heat from the radio makes the air move and you hear the motion

7.

What is the name given to reflected sound?

a)

Echo

b)

Pitch

c)

Noise

d)

Ultrasound

8.

Dolphins hunt using echolocation. Describe and explain how they use sound waves to find their prey.

a)

They emit clicks and listen for returning echoes to judge the location and distance of prey

b)

They stay silent and watch water currents for prey movement

c)

They heat the water to force prey to surface

d)

They reflect sunlight off the water to spot prey

9.

In water, sound travels 1500 m in 1 second. An echo is heard in the boat 4 seconds after the sound is produced. Calculate the distance from the bottom of the boat to the seabed.

a)

750 m

b)

1500 m

c)

3000 m

d)

6000 m

10.

What are the best ways to generate electricity without damaging the environment? Select all that apply.

a)

Solar power

b)

Wind power

c)

Hydroelectric power

d)

Coal-fired power without carbon capture

e)

Geothermal power