1.
Bold the correct answer
a. A solar eclipse occurs when the _____ blocks out the light of the _____.
Earth, sun
moon, sun
sun, moon
moon, Earth
b. In order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun, and Earth have to be.
Below each other
In alignment
Above each other
c. __________ means to move back and forth quickly.
Pitch
Amplitude
Vibration
Echo
d. Your ear changes the vibration of sound waves into signals. The signals are
then interpreted by your brain.
True
False
e. High-frequency sounds have -?- pitch.
high
low
f. Which diagram shows the wavelength of a wave? ___
2. Jean was playing her guitar. The sounds she made were picked up by a
microphone and shown on an oscilloscope screen. This is what the screen looked like
when she played a note quietly.
a. Draw what the screen would look like if she played the same note louder.
b. Draw what the screen would look like if she played a higher note of equal loudness.
3. Mark is listening to the sound from his radio. What effect does the sound have on
Mark's eardrum?
4. Nuala plays a drum. She hits the skin of the drum with a drumstick.
a. What is happening to the skin of the drum when it is making a sound?
b. Nuala uses the drumstick to hit the skin of the drum in different ways. Describe how
the loudness of the sound is affected by the force of the stick hitting the drum.
c. The children turn the screws on the side of the drum to make the skin less tight. What
effect does this have on the pitch of the sound the drum makes when Nuala hits it?
d. The children in the class listen to the sound the drum makes. What does the sound
travel through to get from the drum to their ears?
5. John makes a musical instrument using 5 sticks and a block of wood. John finds
that stick 5 makes the highest note. Describe how the length of the stick affects the
pitch of the note.
6. Jane hits a drum with a beater. Tom can hear the sound.
a. When Jane hits her drum, it vibrates. The vibrations travel to Tom’s drum. Then the
rice on his drum moves. Jane makes a flow chart. It shows the most direct path of the
vibrations from her drum to the rice.
Jane’s Drum → ________________ → _____________ _ → Rice
b. Jane hits her drum hard. Tom stands one metre away. He uses a sound meter to
measure the loudness of the sound. They repeat their test at different distances.
Here are their results.
Describe how the loudness of the sound depends on the distance between Jane and Tom.
7. The size of a triangle affects how high or low the sound is. Paul has four triangles.
Write the letters A, B, C, and D to order the sound the triangles make from highest to
lowest.
a. What scientific term is used to describe how high or low a sound is?
b. Paul takes one triangle. He investigates how the volume of the sound changes when
he hits the triangle with different amounts of force. He uses a sound sensor to
measure the volume. He repeats his test three times for each force. Explain why Paul
repeats his test three times for each force.
8. The diagram below shows the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during a solar
eclipse. Write numbers (1 4) on the diagram below to label the features during an
eclipse.
1. The Earth
2. The Moon
3. The Sun
4. a region where the total eclipse of the Sun is taking place
9. Explain why sounds do not travel as quickly through liquids as through solids.
10. The diagram shows a transverse wave
Fill in the table to name the parts of the wave shown in the diagram
Part of a wave Part of a diagram
B-D
11. Frequency is the number of waves per second. Look at the diagrams below and
answer the questions.
a. Which of the waves A, B or C has the highest frequency? How do you know?
b. Which wave has the highest pitch?
c. How loudness and amplitude of sound relate to each other?
