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Science 4 Sound Quiz

The document is a 10 question quiz about sound for a 4th grade science class. It covers how sound is created and travels, examples of sound absorption and reflection, the mediums sound can travel through, why there is no sound in space, why sound travels fastest through one medium and slowest through another, labeling and explaining the parts of the ear and how sound enters, examples of how different animals hear, the difference between volume and pitch, things students should do to care for their ears, and reasons one might experience hearing loss.

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Science 4 Sound Quiz

The document is a 10 question quiz about sound for a 4th grade science class. It covers how sound is created and travels, examples of sound absorption and reflection, the mediums sound can travel through, why there is no sound in space, why sound travels fastest through one medium and slowest through another, labeling and explaining the parts of the ear and how sound enters, examples of how different animals hear, the difference between volume and pitch, things students should do to care for their ears, and reasons one might experience hearing loss.

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Science 4: Sound Quiz


1. How is sound created? How does it travel? Be sure to use words we have
discussed in class.

2. Explain sound absorption and reflection. Give 1 example of a material or


object for each.

3. Sound needs a medium to travel. What are the 3 mediums sound can
travel through?

4. Explain why there is no sound in space.

5. What medium does sound travel fastest through? Slowest through?


Explain why this is so. (Be sure to use the word molecules).
6. Label the ear diagram and explain the process of sound entering our ear.
Word Bank: cochlea, auditory nerve, pinna, ear drum, ossicles, ear canal,
inner ear, outer ear, middle ear.

7. Animals hear differently than humans. Give an example of how one


animal hears.

8. What is the difference between volume and pitch? Draw a picture of


sound waves to help you.

9. List two things you should do to help take care of your ears.
10. Name two reasons why one might experience hearing loss.

Fill in the blank:


Sounds are loud when they have ___________ energy and soft when they have
_________ energy.

Sound travels in _________.

Three factors that determine the extent of hearing damage include __________,
____________ and ______________.

Vibrations move _________ to produce a high pitch and ___________ to


produce a low pitch.

Sound is measured in ___________________.

Sounds with _____ db or above may damage your ears.

Word Bank
Decibels Low Distance
Waves Time Faster
Volume High
Slower 85
Low

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