Sound Waves Practice Test

Sound waves are longitudinal wave

• True
• False

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Sound can travel through solids, liquids and gases, but cannot travel though vacuum.

• True
• False

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What is the factor to increase the speed of sound?

• Air Pressure
• Temperature
• Volume of air
• No. of particle 

Why sound can travel more faster in solids and liquids than in a gases?

• Particles cannot move freely.
• Kinetic energy of particles low.
• Distance between particles is closer.
• Particles do not touch each other.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Sound is a kind of energy made by

• heat
• vibrations
• cold

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Low pitch sound wave always has

• a longer wavelength 
• a shorter wavelength
• small amplitude
• a high volume

Sound travels faster through

• solids
• liquids
• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The high or low of a sound.

• vibration
• frequency
• pitch
• amplitude

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fill in the blank with the correct word in parenthesis.
A sound with high frequency has a ______ pitch.

• high
• low

Loudness, or sound, level is measured in units called ____________

• hertz (Hz)

• decibels (dB)

• joules