SCIENCE - SOUND ENERGY

    1. Sound is caused by?

• A. Force

• B. Vibrations

• C. Instruments

• D. Heat

    2.  Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

• A. Air

• B. Empty space

• C. Metal

• D. Water

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     3. The pitch of a stringed instrument can be affected by

• A. An object called a hammer

• B. The size of a player's fingers

• C. The length of its strings

• D. How hard it is struck or plucked

    4. Sound travels faster in liquids than in _______.

• A. Solid

• B. Liquid

• C. Metal

• D. Gas

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5.   The use of ultrasound in monitoring pregnancies and other medical conditions is very common nowadays in hospitals, lying-in clinics, and laboratories.

• A. Sound energy is used in medicines.

• B. Sound energy is used in navigation

• C. Sound is used in geology.

• D. Sound is used in communication.

   

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    6. Communication devices that use sound like the telephone, TV, radio, and others.

• A. Sound energy is used in medicines.

• B. Sound energy is used in navigation

• C. Sound is used in geology.

• D. Sound is used in communication.

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    7.   Sound is used in locating oil and mineral reservoirs underground            

 

• A. Sound energy is used in medicines.

• B. Sound energy is used in navigation

• C. Sound is used in geology.

• D. Sound is used in communication.

8.  Ultrasonic waves are sound waves which are used to locate sunken ships and schools of fish and to map the ocean floor.     

            

• A. Sound energy is used in medicines.

• B. Sound energy is used in navigation

• C. Sound is used in geology.

• D. Sound is used in communication.

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   9. It is the energy produced by vibrating objects.          

• A. Light Energy

• B. Sound Energy

• C. Electric Energy

• D. Heat Energy

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10. From fastest to slowest, what is the order sound waves would travel through a medium?

 

•   A. solids, liquids, and then gases

• B. gases, liquids, then solids

• C. solids, gases, and then liquids

• D. liquids, solids, and then gases

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