Sound Review Quiz

What is a medium?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• All of the above

Sound needs a medium in order to travel.

• True

• False

Sound waves

• don't travel

• travel in all directions

• travel in only one direction

• travel only north

A place where no sound exists is

• in the air

• space

• under water

• all of the above

Sound is a form of energy produced by

• vibrations

• prisms

• distances

• wires

True or False: Sound travels better through solids than through liquids

• True 
• False

What is a pitch?

• highness or lowness of a sound
• the intensity of a vibration
• the amplitude of the sound wave
• volume of sound

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.

Sound is a form of? 

• energy
• pitch
• volume

A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.

• louder
• softer
• higher
• lower