Sound

Sound is caused by? 

• force
• vibrations
• instruments

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

• Air
• Empty space
• Metal
• Water

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Sound is a form of? 

• energy
• pitch
• volume

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Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?

• Gas molecules are packed tightly.
• Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.
• Solid molecules are packed tightly.
• Gas molecules move slowly.

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Sound does not travel in space because

• Space is too far away.
• There is no matter in space.
• Space is the final frontier
• Space has planets.

A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling i.e. sound waves

• longitudinal wave

• ocean wave

• transverse wave

• mechanical wave

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

• rarefaction
• compression
• crest
• trough

A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

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An ___________ is a sense organ containing receptors for detecting sound.

• eye
• ear
• mouth
• nose