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- 1. Multiple Choice
Sound is produced when an object...
Moves
Makes a noise
Vibrates
Falls
- 2. Multiple Choice
When something vibrates, it passes the vibration to...
its surrounding environment
your ears
your hands
itself
- 3. Multiple Choice
Sound energy travels in...
Longitudinal waves
Transverse waves
- 4. Multiple Choice
When objects vibrate, they create regions of space in which the air particles are bunched together called...
Conductions
Compressions
Rarefactions
Close vibrations
- 5. Multiple Choice
When objects vibrate, they create regions of space in which the air particles are spread out called...
Conductions
Compressions
Rarefactions
Loose vibrations
- 6. Multiple Choice
In a longitudinal wave, the particles move...
In an up and down motion
In the same direction that the wave is moving
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or False:
Sound energy needs a medium (solid, liquid or gas) to travel through.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
True or False:
Sound energy can travel through outer space (a vacuum).
True
False
- 9. Reorder
Reorder the following:
Which medium does sound travel further through, highest to lowest distance.
Solids
Liquids
Gases
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why does sound travel a longer distance through solids?
Because the particles are loosely bonded
Because the particles are spread out
Because the particles are tightly packed together
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why does sound travel the shortest distance through gases?
Because the particles are loosely bonded
Because the particles are spread out
Because the particles are tightly packed together
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which two materials will absorb sound?
Wooden or tiled floors
Cushions/pillows
Fabric curtains
Glass
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which two materials will reflect sound, creating echoes?
Wooden or tiled floors
Cushions/pillows
Fabric curtains
Bare walls
- 14. Reorder
Reorder the following:
What order does sound travel through our ear to our brains?
Pinna (outer ear)
Eardrum
Ossicles (hammer, stirrup and anvil bones)
Cochlea
Auditory nerve
- 15. Multiple Choice
What type of noise would this sound wave make?
Loud noise
Quiet noise
High pitch noise
Low pitch noise
- 16. Multiple Choice
What type of noise would this sound wave make?
Loud noise
Quiet noise
High pitch noise
Low pitch noise
- 17. Multiple Choice
What type of noise would this sound wave make?
Loud noise
Quiet noise
High pitch noise
Low pitch noise
- 18. Multiple Choice
Elephants can hear a range of frequencies lower than our own hearing range called...
Infrasound frequencies
Ultrasound frequencies
- 19. Multiple Choice
Dogs can hear a range of frequencies higher than our own hearing range called...
Infrasound frequencies
Ultrasound frequencies
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