Sound 6th Grade - NYS Question Preview (ID: 47457)


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What is the definition of pitch?
a) highness or lowness of a sound
b) a repeated sound produced by reflected sound waves
c) an amount of sound
d) lodness

How can sound be defined?
a) pitch and volume
b) sound and pitch
c) volume and sound
d) vibration and sound

About how many hertz can a human ear hear?
a) 2,000
b) 4,000
c) 30,000
d) 40,000

What does breaking the sound barrier mean?
a) you no longer hear sounds
b) you will break your ear drum
c) sound has gone faster than light
d) an object is moving faster than sound can travel

Does a sound wave go faster than a light wave?
a) no
b) yes
c) they are exactly the same speed
d) it all depends on the wavelength

Which object can sound travel through?
a) air
b) water
c) stone
d) all of the above

What is the difference between a light wave and a sound wave?
a) nothing
b) sound travels in a straight line
c) sound needs matter to move and light does not
d) sound travels faster than light

Sound is a type of .....
a) vibration
b) energy
c) air
d) wave

Which sound has the highest decibels?
a) firecracker
b) jet engine
c) gun fire
d) snoring

What is sonar?
a) a wave test
b) a wave simulator
c) a device which uses sound waves to make measurement
d) the vibrations that sound waves create

Which location is a person unable to create any sound?
a) space
b) ocean
c) in a ship in space
d) sound can be produced everywhere

How do humans here sounds?
a) the sound wave vibrates their outer ear.
b) sound waves vibrates their outer ear, then middle ear, then inner ear.
c) sound is felt by the skin and interpreted by the brain
d) sound is felt, not heard

Are there sounds that humans can't hear?
a) no humans can hear every sound
b) yes, there are sounds lower than the human ear can hear
c) yes, there are sounds that are higher than the human ear can hear
d) yes, there are sounds both higher and lower than the human ear can hear

What do you feel when you pluck a guitar string?
a) vibration
b) pitch
c) frequency
d) volume

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