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Sound Vibrations and waves
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1Sound is a form of what
- AEnergy
- Bnoise
2Sounds are made when things do what
- Aband together
- Bvibrate
3Which of the following can sound pass through
- Asolids
- Bliquids
- Cvacuum
- Dgases
4The speed of sound is faster through materials that have particles that are closer together - true or false
- Atrue
- Bfalse
5sound energy moves in all directions because the particles move in all directions unless something stops them - true or false
- Atrue
- Bfalse
6the unit of frequency is called what
- Adecibels
- BHertz
7Sound waves with a high frequency produce sounds with a
- AHigh pitch
- BLow pitch
8The amplitude refers to what about a sound wave
- Athe height of the sound wave
- Bthe distance between each wave
9the loudness of a sound depends on what
- Athe frequency of the sound wave
- Bthe amplitude of the sound wave
10louder sounds have more or less energy
- Aless
- Bmore
11louder sounds have bigger or smaller amplitudes
- Abigger
- Bsmaller
12sound waves travel through what before entering the ear
- Athe air
- Ba vacuum
13sound waves cause the ear drum to do what
- Avibrate
- Bbuzz
14the vibrations are passed onto the what
- Athe cochlea
- Bthe brain
15sounds cause what to vibrate
- Athe ear drum
- Bthe ear lobe
- Cthe ear canal
16people who are exposed to loud noises for long periods of time are at risk of what
- Agoing blind
- Bdamaging their hearing and going deaf
- Cgetting a head ache
17to avoid loud noise damage people often wear what
- Ahats
- Bear protection
- Cglasses
- Da tie
18unpleasant sound is often called what
- Anoise
- Bmusic
- Ctalking
19your hearing can get bad due to which of the following
- Agetting old
- Blistening to loud music
- Cillness
- Dmums nagging
20he loudness of a sound is measured in
- Adecibels (dB)
- Bvolts (V)
- Camps (A)
- Dwatts (w)
21The threshold of hearing is what
- Athe loudest sound we can hear
- Bthe quietest sound we can hear
- Cnone of the above
22soft materials do what
- Areflect sound
- Babsorb sound
23what materials are used for sound proofing
- Ahard materials
- Bsoft materials
24light energy can travel through space (a vacuum) but sound energy cannot - true or false
- Afalse
- Btrue
25which travels faster light or sound
- Alight
- Bsound
26light travels at what speed
- A300 meters per second
- B300 million meters per second
- C3000 meters per second
27sound travels at what speed
- Aabout 330 meters per second
- Babout 3000 meters per second
- Cabout 3 meters per second
28both light waves and sound waves can be reflected - true or false
- Atrue
- Bfalse
29when sound waves are reflected we call it what
- Aa wave
- Ban echo
- Ca noise
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- Science Quiz on Sound Vibrations and waves, created by Thomas Shurmer on 07/06/2013.
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- Thomas Shurmer
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- Created on 7 Jun 2013 · updated on 19 Feb 2016
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