Inspire Science

Why are sounds not heard in space?

• Space is too cold for sound waves to travel.

• There is too much matter to travel through in space.

• Space is a vacuum with few particles to travel through.

• Energy cannot travel in space.

How does heat travel from the Sun to Earth?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• conduction and convection

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

How are sound waves and states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) related?

• Sound waves cannot travel through any states of matter.

• Sound waves can travel through all three states of matter.

• Sound waves can travel through solids, but not gasses or liquids.

• Sound waves can travel through liquids, but not solids or gasses.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A student made the circuit in the drawing below. Which does the student need to add to the circuit to make it work?

• another bulb

• another battery

• a switch

• another wire

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Dolphins communicate using special vibrations and sounds. How is this possible?

• Dolphins have very good hearing.

• The energy can flow easily through water.

• Dolphins make loud sounds only other dolphins can hear.

• The energy is transferred from one dolphin to another through sound.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How does sound energy travel?

• in strings

• in beams

• in pulses

• in waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A pom-pom launcher _________

• transfers kinetic energy to thermal energy

• transforms kinetic energy to sound energy

• transforms stored energy to energy of motion

• transfers energy of motion to stored energy

When a student plays a guitar, how does the sound travel to reach your ears?

• using echos

• through potential energy

• through thermal energy

• through sound waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which is the best description of how sound waves travel?

• in a straight path to your ear

• back and forth from the source

• outward in all directions

• upward from the source

The path along which electrical current flows is called a(n) __________.