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