Sawaddeewittaya School

Vadhana District, Bangkok

Science 5
Test on Sound

Instruction: Circle the correct answer

1. How are sounds produced?

a. air b. vibrations c. solids d. decibels

2. What do you call the things that produce sounds?

a. sound sources b. sound waves c. sound medium d. sound characteristics

3. What kind of waves are made when sounds are produced?

a. transverse waves b. longitudinal waves c. surface waves d. electronic waves

4. Which medium do sound waves travel best?

a. solid b. liquid c. gas d. elements

5. Which medium do sound waves travel poorly?

a. solid b. liquid c. gas d. elements

6. What do you call the unit used to measure sounds?

a. meter b. newton c. pascal d. decibel

7. Frequency per unit of time is determined by _________.

a. watt b. volt c. hertz d. ohm

8. What do you call the higness or lowness of sound?

a. frequency b. amplitude c. pitch d. volume

9. When a sound source vibrates with a lot of energy it produces _______

a. loud sounds b. soft sounds c. high sounds d. low sounds

10. How much hertz can the human ears hear?

a. 20 20,000 kilohertz b. 10 45,000 megahertz c. 20 20,000 hertz d. none

11. What is the loud explosion produced when an object passes the sound barrier?
a. sonar waves b. solar panels c. sonic boom d. hyperspeed

12. Approaching objects produces sharp sounds and lower sounds as they move away because of _____.
a. Cause and effect b. Doppler effect c. Coriolis effect d. quantum effect

13. Which part of the ear catches sound waves from the air?
a. auricle b. cochlea c. eardrum d. hammer

14. All are parts of the middle ear EXCEPT _________.

a. eardrum b. hammer c. anvil d. auditory canal
 15. Which is the snail shaped part of the ear that is connected to the auditory nerve?
a. stapes b. cochlea c. malleus d. auditory canal

16. What equipment do fishing boats use to locate fishes or underwater objects?
a. sonar b. solar c. sonic d. none of the above

17. How much vibrations can humans produce per second?

a. 80 1,500 hertz b. 20 20,000 hertz c. 2,000 15,000 hertz d. 500 4,000 hertz

18. Which living thing has the hearing range of 150 150,000 hertz?
a. robin b. human c. bat d. dolphin

19. What is the reflection of sound?

a. magnetism b. teleportation c. echo d. fiber-optic

20. What do you call the sounds that have irregular waves producing something unpleasant?
a. tone b. noise c. loud music d. music

Instruction: Draw a flow chart on how SOUNDS are PRODUCED until they are being HEARD. Use the
keywords below.

SOUND WAVES SOUND SOURCE COCHLEA HAMMER MIDDLE EAR

BRAIN OUTER EAR ANVIL INNER EAR STIRRUP
AUDITORY NERVE EAR CANAL EARDRUM AURICLE