Sound Quiz - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What wave characteristic determines the loudness of a sound?

frequency

speed

wavelength

amplitude

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of these waves represents the loudest sound?

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of these waves represents the highest pitch?

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What are you doing when you're making sound?

Causing photons to travel.

Causing air molecules to vibrate.

Causing electromagnetic waves to radiate.

Causing air pressure to drop.

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is compression?

When air molecules move apart from one another.

When air molecules collide with each other.

When air molecules become packed tightly together.

When air molecules move around freely.

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the relationship between frequency and sound?

Frequency affects a sound's volume

Frequency affects a sound's amplitude

Frequency affects a sound's loudness

Frequency affects a sound's pitch

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Where would sound travel the slowest?

New York City

In the pine forests of Georgia

At the North Pole

At the equator

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of these does sound travel fastest through?

Steel

Water

Air

Rock

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Sound travels in-

packs

circles

waves

minivans

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Sound is a form of

energy

light

frequency

pitch

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What wave produces the highest frequency?

1

2

3

4

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

As frequency increases, _______ increases.

pitch

wavelength

frequency

sound

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Wavelength is best described as __________

the distance from one point on a wave to the same point on another wave

the highest point of a wave

the lowest point of a wave

the total number of complete waves in a cycle

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of these waves has the lowest pitch?

1

2

3

4

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Doppler Effect causes an ambulance siren to sound ________________ as the ambulance travels towards you and ____________________ as the ambulance travels away from you.

louder, quieter

quieter, louder

higher pitch, lower pitch

lower pitch, higher pitch

16.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What type of wave is a sound wave?

Choose all that apply

longitudinal wave

surface wave

transverse wave

mechanical wave

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Hearing your brother's music playing from down the hall is an example of what type of wave interaction?

reflection

interference

refraction

diffraction

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the Auditory nerve do?

Carries the message to the brain

Carries the message to the Semi-Circular canal

Send the message to the Eustachian tube

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is this?

Pinna

Hearing Nerve

Cochlea

Ear Drum

Anvil

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

12 pts

What is this?

Ear Drum

Ear Canal

Pinna

Hammer

Cochlea

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