HARRELL HORNE INTEGRATED SCHOOL

#3 Basa St. Phase 2-A Bahayang Pag-asa Subdivision

Molino 5, Bacoor, Cavite

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Section: Grade 8 -

PART I: SOUND TRAVELS THROUGH A MEDIUM (5 points each)

1. Why is sound wave considered as a form of mechanical wave?

2. When we talk to other people, how does the sound reach that person?
3. If any of the heavenly bodies collide to one another, will it be heard here on earth? Why or
why not?

PART II: MOVEMENT OF PARTICLES AS SOUND TRAVELS

1. Explain how sound waves are classified according to the direction of propagation of its
particle.
2. Explain how SONAR helped mariners in locating objects submerged on the sea floor.
3. How is sound useful in times of calamity?

PART III: SPEED OF SOUND IN DIFFERENT MEDIUMS

1. Does sound waves travel in the same way and at the same speed in all mediums?
2. If a sound wave travel first in a liquid medium and then to a solid medium, how would the
speed of sound change? Will it slow down? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
3. How does the particle in each state of matter (solid, liquid and gas) affect the speed of
sound waves?