1. How does sound travel?

2. What is vibration?

3. Sound travels in
a. Straight line
b. Wavy line

4. Order the following mediums from best to least in transmission of

sound.
 Glass
 Iron
 Air
 Water
 Wood

5. Order the following states of matter from weakest to best in

transmission of sound.
 Liquid
 Gas
 Solid

6. The speed of sound in air is ………………at 0 degree centigrade,

and …………….. at normal temperature.

7. The speed of sound in air becomes greater when the air is getting:
a. Cooler
b. Hotter
8. Calculate the speed of sound as it travels through different
substances.
Substance Distance (m) Time (s) Speed in
(m/s)
Iron 1000 0.17
Sea water 1000 0.65
Wood 1000 0.26
Glass 1000 0.67
Water 1000 0.18

9. Rank the substances according to the speed of sound that travels

through them.

Fastest
slowest

…………………………………………………………………
…………..

10. The speed of sound like all waves, depends on the

……………………… through which it travels. Sound travels
fastest in ……………………(solid, liquid, gas).
And slowest in ……………………….
11. We see a bolt of lightning and 4 s later we hear the
thunderclap. If the speed of sound in air is 0.2 mi/s, how far away
is the lightning?

12. How many seconds will it take an acho to reach your ears if
you yell toward a mountain 82 m away on a day when the air
temperature is 0oC?

13. You look up and see a helicopter pass directly overhead. 3.

10s later you hear the sound of engine. If the air temperature is
23.0oC, how high was the helicopter flying?

14. Navy ships use sonar (sound navigation and ranging) to

detect submarines. A sound pulse sent by the ship reflects off the
submarine. If the submarine is 2.2 km away from the ship, and the
speed of sound in seawater is 1400 m/s, how long will it take the
sound pulse to travel out and back?

15. In the following select the correct sentence.

a. Light waves cannot travel through vacuum.
b. Sound waves can travel through vacuum.
c. Sound waves always need a medium travel.
d. Echo is produced on soft surface objects than solid objects.

16. What is echo?

17. Give two points or conditions fulfilled for echo to happen?

18. Explain some facts that can affect speed of sound in air.

19. In order to hear the echo, the distance between the place
where the sound is produced and the reflecting body should be
----------------meters.

20. Give three points how echo is used in life.

21. What does loudness mean?

22. Who has a high pitch sound?

a. A little girl b. a man

23. Mention the three type of musical instruments?

24. What is the difference between loudness and pitch?

25. In the following musical instruments which one is

percussion?

a. Guitar b. piano c. flute d. drum

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