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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is sound?
Vibrations caused in the vacuum of space
Vibrations of matter
A transverse wave
A type of electromagnetic wave
- 2. Multiple Choice
The measure of how high or low a sound is:
the intensity
the size of the wavelength
how loud or soft a sound is
the pitch
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a CORRECT statement?
Sound can travel through the vacuum of space
Sound can't travel through the vacuum of space
Sound is produced in the vacuum of space
Sound can travel between planets
- 4. Multiple Choice
List the order of mediums through which sound travels from fastest to slowest.
Liquid, Gas, Solid
Gas, Solid, Liquid
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Solid, Gas, Liquid
- 5. Multiple Choice
Frequency is measured in ____
meters
hertz
decibels
seconds
- 6. Multiple Choice
What makes sound happen?WavesVibrationsFrequencyAmplitude - 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the highness and lowness of sound?VibrationPitchFrequencyWavelength
- 8. Multiple Choice
The loudness of different sounds is compared in units called
Hertz
Decibels
Pitch
Frequency
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which property of sound changes the volume of a sound?
Frequency
Amplitude
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which property of sound changes the pitch of a sound?
Frequency
Amplitude
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of these tells us how loud or soft a sound is?
Volume
Pitch
Frequency
Trough
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does sound travel fastest in?
solid
liquid
gas
- 13. Multiple Choice
Sounds waves travel with or without a medium?
with
without
- 14. Multiple Choice
The larger the amplitude of a sound wave, the __________________ the sound.
louder
softer
- 15. Multiple Choice
If the wavelength of a sound wave is decreased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?
It would have a lower pitch
It would get softer
It would get louder
It would have a higher pitch
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