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    Multiple choice quiz – sound waves

    1. A sound wave is produced when an object …

    A. accelerates
    B. decelerates
    C. vibrates
    D. remains stationary

    2. The wavelength of a wave is measured in …

    A. metres
    B. hertz
    C. seconds
    D. decibels

    3. An echo occurs when a sound wave is …

    A. absorbed
    B. transmitted
    C. refracted
    D. reflected

    4. Another name for the unit hertz is …

    A. cycles per second


    B. seconds per cycle
    C. metres per second
    D. decibels

    5. Sound travels fastest in …

    A. a vacuum
    B. the sea
    C. the atmosphere
    D. a broom stick

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    Multiple choice quiz – sound waves

    6. Which of the following does not describe a sound wave?

    A. transverse wave
    B. longitudinal wave
    C. compression wave
    D. push-pull wave

    7. An animal that can hear sound frequencies higher than a human child is
    …

    A. a human adult
    B. a cod fish
    C. a bat
    D. an eagle

    8. Hitting a drum harder makes the sound …

    A. higher
    B. lower
    C. louder
    D. softer

    9. The part of the ear that responds to sound waves like a microphone’s
    diaphragm is the …

    A. lobe
    B. eardrum
    C. bones of the middle ear
    D. fluid in the inner ear

    10. Sounds above 20000Hz are called …

    A. ultracool
    B. ultrasound
    C. infra–audio
    D. infrasound

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    Multiple choice quiz – sound waves
    Revision questions – sound waves

    1. What type of movement sets up a sound wave?

    2. In what units are the following measured?

    (a) frequency (b) wavelength (c) loudness

    3. If a tuning fork has a frequency of 250Hz, how many cycles per second does it
    vibrate?

    4. Why does sound travel faster in a solid than in a gas or liquid?

    5. Describe a longitudinal wave.

    6. Describe a transverse wave.

    7. What type of wave is a sound wave?

    8. What happens when a sound wave hits the eardrum?

    9. Who is most likely to hear a bat; an adult or a child?

    10. Draw an oscilloscope trace to show a note starting low and getting higher.

    11. Draw an oscilloscope trace to show a note starting soft and getting louder.

    12. How can you make a drum sound louder

    13. How can you make a guitar string sound higher? ( 2 methods)

    14. What is meant by ultrasound?

    15. Why should we not stand too close to the band at an outdoor event?

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    Multiple choice quiz – sound waves
    Teaching notes and answers

    There is a PowerPoint version of the multiple choice quiz which would make a useful
    starter or plenary activity.

    The revision questions could be used in a variety of ways such as;


     A straightforward test, quiz or homework activity
     Give each student an answer or a question and get them to find their partner
     Use with one of our revision games such as ‘Science Ludo’ (22540) or ‘Science
    challenge track’ (22541).

    Multiple choice quiz answers

    1C; 2A; 3 D; 4A; 5D; 6A; 7C; 8C; 9B; 10B

    Revision questions answers

    1. A vibration
    2. a) hertz b) metres c) decibels
    3. 250
    4. Because particles are closer together in a solid
    5. This is a push-pull wave
    6. This is a shake wave
    7. Longitudinal
    8. The eardrum vibrates
    9. A child
    10. Drawing showing bunching of waves increasing; wavelength decreasing
    11. Drawing of wave getting taller; increasing in amplitude
    12. Hit it harder
    13. Tighten the string; shorten the string
    14. Sound above 2000Hz; sound above human hearing
    15. Damage to our hearing

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