Sound, Energy, Waves
  • 1. Sound is or are
A) All of these are correct
B) Captured in our Ears
C) Energy
D) Waves
E) Vibrations
  • 2. Sound travels through _______________ which the vibration compresses
A) Atoms
B) Substances
C) Anti-Matter
D) Matter
E) None of these
  • 3. Sound travels through waves called
A) Compressional Waves
B) Up and Down Waves
C) Doppler Waves
D) Sea Waves
E) Transverse Waves
  • 4. Compressional waves travel in
A) In many different directions at the same time
B) No direction at all they don't move
C) The opposite direction as the sound vibrations
D) The same direction as the Sound vibrations
  • 5. The Doppler effect occurs when
A) There is a rainbow present in the sky.
B) A moving object is emitting sound continuously.
C) The waves are really distorted in the front where the sound is and not in the back after the object moves away
D) The waves are moving like the ripples in a pond from a rock
  • 6. Longitudinal Waves are waves that travel
A) Side to side in two different directions at once
B) Side to side in one direction
C) Up and down like the waves of an ocean
D) Only when there is very dense material around
  • 7. Elasticity is the process that occurs
A) Only happens when there is a cold temperature
B) Only happens when there is a high temperature
C) During the wave movement.
D) After the sound waves pass a point and the matter snaps back into its original position
  • 8. Sound waves CAN move in space
A) False
B) Neither true or false
C) Both true and false
D) True
  • 9. Sound vibrations travel best in
A) Liquids
B) Gases
C) Solids
D) Space
  • 10. An echo is
A) A figment of your imagination
B) Sound that DOES NOT bounce back to you
C) Sound that bounces in all directions
D) Sound bouncing back to you off a solid object
  • 11. Velocity of sound
A) Increases as the temperature decreases
B) Increases as the temperature increases
C) Does NOT change with the temperature
D) Decreases as the temperature increases
  • 12. Dolphins and Bats use what
A) Echo Reverberation
B) No Echos at all
C) Echo Detection
D) Echo Location
  • 13. Sound travels through
A) Denser material
B) Less Dense material
C) Density does not matter with sound
D) Matter that has no density at all
  • 14. When sound vibrations reach the ear
A) The brain does not ever come into play. It is only the ear that hears
B) The little hair cells don't matter
C) They must reach the ear drum and cochlea to be heard
D) just need to get to the ear canal
  • 15. The greatest distance the particles in a wave rise and fall from their rest position
A) Intensity
B) Hertz
C) Amplitude
D) Velocity
E) Frequency
  • 16. Means the same as one cycle of a wave
A) Velocity
B) Intensity
C) Hertz
D) Frequency
E) Amplitude
  • 17. Decibel is
A) The unit of measure used to gauge frequency
B) The unit of measure used to gauge the loudness
C) The unit of measure that is used to check wave length
D) The unit of measure to check tone quality
  • 18. Noise is
A) sound without definite pitch and no pattern
B) sound without intensity
C) sound without amplitude or tone quality
D) some very bad music that everyone likes
  • 19. How many tiny bones are attached to the ear drum
A) Six
B) Five
C) One
D) Seven
E) Three
  • 20. The Thin Membrane next to the cochlea is
A) The cochlear implant
B) The ear drum
C) does not need the hair like cell to move the vibrations into it.
D) saran wrap and tin foil
  • 21. The smallest bones in the body are in your ear. How many of them are attached to the ear drum?
A) Three
B) One
C) Four
D) Two
E) There are no bones it is only a thin membrane that vibrates
  • 22. Pitch is directly related to what?
A) Velocity
B) It does not have a relation
C) Decibels
D) Frequency
E) Amplitude
  • 23. Tone quality is the difference between the sounds of the SAME
A) Velocity and Loudness
B) Pitch and Velocity
C) Pitch and Loudness
D) Amplitude and Intensity
  • 24. What is Number 1
A) Ear Canal
B) Outer Ear
C) Three Bones of the Ear
D) Ear Drum
E) Cochlea
  • 25. What is Number 2
A) Ear Drum
B) Ear Canal
C) Outer Ear
D) Three Bones of the Ear
E) Cochlea
  • 26. What is number 3
A) Cochlea
B) Three Bones of the Ear
C) Ear Canal
D) Ear Drum
E) Outer Ear
  • 27. What is Number 4
A) Ear Canal
B) Outer Ear
C) Three Bone of the ear
D) Cochlea
E) Ear Drum
  • 28. What is Number 5
A) Ear Canal
B) Outer Ear
C) Ear Drum
D) Three Bones of the Ear
E) Cochlea
  • 29. At what decibel level for a continuous period does hearing loss occur?
A) 90 + dB
B) 100 + dB
C) 85 + dB
D) 60 + dB
E) 55 + dB
  • 30. You can still hear in space even if you scream
A) You can always hear no matter where you are
B) Neither
C) The only place in space that you can hear is the moon
D) False
E) True
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