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