The Apple International School, Dubai

Revision Paper 1 on Sound

Science
Name: _____________________________________
Year : 4 Section: ___

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Spend the first five minutes to read the complete Question Paper.
 Write neatly and legibly and attempt all questions.
 Use of white ink is not allowed; a line across is sufficient to strike out.
 Revise your answers before submission.
 This booklet contains 7Pages.

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Q1 (a). Amelia is learning to play a stringed instrument called an oud.

When she plucks the strings, it makes a sound. What causes it to make a sound?

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(b). Which travels faster sound or light?

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© Which of the statement is True. Tick the correct answer.

1. Sound travel faster in water than in air.

2. Sound travel faster in air than in water.

3. Sound travel at the same speed in both mediums.

Explain your reasoning for ticking your answer.

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Q2. Class 4 are investigating sound.

They try to reduce the sound of a ticking clock. They put the clock in a box and cover
the box with different materials.

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 (a). Circle the best material to reduce the sound.

cotton wool newspaper plastic bag silk yellow paint.

(b). What does the sound have to travel through to reach our ears?

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Q3. Some children were playing musical instruments.

(a) Give ONE way a drum makes a sound when it is hit.

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(b) The windows were closed. The children working outside could still hear
the sound of the drums.

The sound reached these children’s ears by travelling through the air and
through the:

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Q4. (a) Two girls put different amounts of coloured water in four bottles.

They made sounds by blowing across the top of each bottle.

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 When they blew, which bottle made the highest note?

Bottle ..................... made the highest note.

(b) The girl plucked an elastic band. It made a sound.

Explain why the elastic band made a sound when it was plucked.

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Q5. (a) Julia is listening to Kumi playing his guitar.

He plucks a string.

What happens to the guitar string when it makes a sound?

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 (b) Julia walks away from Kumi and leaves the room.

What happens to the loudness of the sound Julia hears as she goes

further away from Kumi?

(c) Julia shuts the door. She can still hear Kumi playing his guitar in the next room.

One material the sound travels through is air.

Name ONE other material the sound must travel through for Julia to hear it.

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Q6.(a) Polly has a straw. She cuts one end of the straw.

She blows into the cut end of the straw. It makes a sound.

The sound is caused by vibrations.

Name TWO things that vibrate to cause this sound.

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 (b) Polly thinks that changing the length of the straw may change how high or
low the note is.

What is the scientific name for how high or low a note is?

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(c) Polly cuts four identical straws into different lengths.

Her friends blow gently into the straws. The note from each straw is different.
Some notes are high and some are low.

Describe how the length of a straw affects how high or low the note is.

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Q7(a). Write the unit for measuring sound.

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(b). Which equipment is used to measure the sound?

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Q8.(a)The pitch of a sound is … …

how loud or soft it is. …

how high or low it is. …

when you can hear the sound. …

the unit we use to measure sound.

(b). Students are playing some drums.

How can they play a quiet sound when playing the drums?

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© What must they do to make the loudest sound they can when playing the drums?

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Q9. Class 4 are listening to some music on the internet.
The teacher adjusts the volume so that everyone in the room can hear the music.

(a). How far away was the person who could hear the music at volume 4?
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(b). Predict the distance the music could be heard at volume 5.

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Q10. Ibrahim measures sounds around the classroom. Here are his results.

(a) Tick the piece of equipment that Ibrahim can use to measure the loudness of
sounds.

Sound level meter

Measuring cylinder

Thermometer

Anemometer

(b). What units are missing in the right-hand column of the table?
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©. Why is the sound level highest at 12:00?

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