Objective

Describe the production of sound in terms of vibration of objects that create vibrations in other materials.

What is Sound Video Worksheet

Science, Please! Questions

1. Whether annoying, delightful, natural or artificial, sound is…

a. intensity.c. reflection.

b. pitch.d. vibrations.

2. When it reaches your ear, the vibration becomes…

a. heat.c. sound.

b. light

What is Sound Questions

3. What do the following have in common – the song of a bird, the bang of fireworks, the roar of traffic, snapping of firewood, notes played on a piano, and the bark of a dog? They are examples of…

a. heat.c. sound.

b. light

4. Sound is made when matter…

a. changes pitch.c. changes intensity.

b. vibrates.d. changes frequency.

5. What will happen when the guitar string it plucked?(There are two answers to this question.)

a. Vibratec. Do nothing

b. Refract soundd. produce sound

6. Sound cannot travel through liquids or solids.

a. Trueb. False

7. Things through which sound travel are known as a…

a. conduit.c. medium.

b. tunnel.d. track

8. You can’t hear sounds in outer space.

a. Trueb. False

9. Sound travels in all directions

a. Trueb. False

10. Does just one person at the table hear the drop of a key or do all the people hear it?

a. One personb. All people

11. Loudness refers to how ______or ______a sound could be. (There are two answers to this question.)

a. Highc. Low

b. Loudd. Soft

12. Which sound has greater intensity, the chain saw or the rustling leaves?

a. Chain sawb. Rustling leaves

13. ______is how high or low a sound is.

a. Pitchb. Intensity

What is Sound Video Worksheet – Key

1. Whether annoying, delightful, natural or artificial, sound is…

d. vibrations

2. When it reaches your ear, the vibration becomes…

c. sound.

3. What do the following have in common – the song of a bird, the bang of fireworks, the roar of traffic, snapping of firewood, notes played on a piano, and the bark of a dog? They are examples of…

c. sound.

4. Sound is made when matter…

b. vibrates

5. What will happen when the guitar string it plucked? (There are two answers to this question.)

a. Vibrate, d. produce sound

6. Sound cannot travel through liquids or solids.

b. False

7. Things through which sound travel are known as a…

c. medium

8. You can’t hear sounds in outer space.

a. True

9. Sound travels in all directions

a. True

10. Does just one person at the table hear the drop of a key or do all the people hear it?

b. All people

11. Loudness refers to how ______or ______a sound could be. (There are two answers to this question.)

b. Loud; d. Soft

12. Which sound has greater intensity, the chain saw or the rustling leaves?

a. Chain saw

13. ______is how high or low a sound is.

a. Pitch

What is Sound Video Worksheet – Scoring Guide

1. d
2. c (3 choices)
3. c (3 choices)
4. b
5. a,d
6. b (2 choices)
7. c
8. a (2 choices)
9. a (2 choices)
10. b (2 choices)
11. b, d
12. a (2 choices)
13. a (2 choices) / Scoring Guide
13 – 4
12 – 3.5
9-11 – 3
7-8 – 2.5
6 – 2
5 – 1.5
3-4 – 1
1-2 – .5
0 – 0