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12 questions
A vibrating object creates a sound. Which of the following correctly describes the amplitude of the vibration?
A vibrating object creates a sound. Which of the following correctly describes the change in the sound heard if the amplitude of the vibration decreases?
Which of the following correctly describes the movement of air particles when a sound wave travels through the air?
Solids, liquids and gases are made of particles. Which of the following describe the arrangement or the movement of particles in a solid?
Which of the following describe the arrangement or the movement of particles in a liquid?
Which of the following describe the arrangement or the movement of particles in a gas?
Which of the following words means ‘a completely empty area of space’?
Which of the following words means ‘a substance that a wave travels through’?
How many of the following can sound travel through: vacuum, gas, liquid, solid?
Sound travels at different speeds through different states of matter. Starting with the slowest, sort the following states of matter in order of increasing sound speed.
Which of the following explains why sound travels at different speeds through solids, liquids and gases?
A vibrating object creates a sound. Which of the following correctly describes the change in the sound heard the further a sound wave travels?
