Sound, Energy, Waves
  • 1. Sound is or are
A) Vibrations
B) Waves
C) All of these are correct
D) Captured in our Ears
E) Energy
  • 2. Sound travels through _______________ which the vibration compresses
A) Anti-Matter
B) Matter
C) Substances
D) Atoms
E) None of these
  • 3. Sound travels through waves called
A) Longitudinal
B) Up and Down Waves
C) Transverse Waves
D) Doppler Waves
E) Sea Waves
  • 4. Compressional waves travel in
A) The same direction as the Sound vibrations
B) The opposite direction as the sound vibrations
C) No direction at all they don't move
D) In many different directions at the same time
  • 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 moving like the ripples in a pond from a rock
D) The waves are really distorted in the front where the sound is and not in the back after the object moves away
  • 6. Longitudinal Waves are waves that travel
A) Side to side in two different directions at once
B) Only when there is very dense material around
C) Up and down like the waves of an ocean
D) Side to side in one direction
  • 7. Elasticity is the process that occurs
A) After the sound waves pass a point and the matter snaps back into its original position
B) Only happens when there is a cold temperature
C) During the wave movement.
D) Only happens when there is a high temperature
  • 8. Sound waves CAN move in space
A) True
B) Neither true or false
C) False
D) Both true and false
  • 9. Sound vibrations travel best in
A) Gases
B) Solids
C) Liquids
D) Space
  • 10. Sound travels through
A) Less Dense material
B) Density does not matter with sound
C) Matter that has no density at all
D) Denser material
  • 11. When sound vibrations reach the ear
A) just need to get to the ear canal
B) They must reach the ear drum and cochlea to be heard
C) The little hair cells don't matter
D) The brain does not ever come into play. It is only the ear that hears
  • 12. The greatest distance the particles in a wave rise and fall from their rest position
A) Intensity
B) Amplitude
C) Frequency
D) Hertz
E) Velocity
  • 13. Means the same as one cycle of a wave
A) Amplitude
B) Hertz
C) Intensity
D) Frequency
E) Velocity
  • 14. Decibel is
A) The unit of measure used to gauge the loudness
B) The unit of measure to check tone quality
C) The unit of measure that is used to check wave length
D) The unit of measure used to gauge frequency
  • 15. Pitch is directly related to what?
A) Decibels
B) Frequency
C) It does not have a relation
D) Amplitude
E) Velocity
  • 16. Tone quality is the difference between the sounds of the SAME
A) Pitch and Loudness
B) Amplitude and Intensity
C) Velocity and Loudness
D) Pitch and Velocity
  • 17. At what decibel level for a continuous period does hearing loss occur?
A) 55 + dB
B) 85 + dB
C) 90 + dB
D) 100 + dB
E) 60 + dB
  • 18. You can still hear in space even if you scream
A) True
B) The only place in space that you can hear is the moon
C) You can always hear no matter where you are
D) False
E) Neither
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