Summative Assessment

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Sound waves are produced through ___ of molecules.

A. Refraction C. both A and B

B. Compression D. Neither A nor B

2. A loud speaker in front of the room producers sound waves that pass thru the room towards
you causing the air molecules in their path to ___.

A. move toward you in waves.

B. vibrates vertically up and down.
C. vibrates horizontally back and forward.
D. vibrates both vertically and horizontally.

3. Sound, unlike light, cannot be propagated through ___.

A. air B. steel C. vacuum D. water

4. A satellite explodes in the outer space and can be seen quickly from a spaceship in lunar orbit
but the explosion cannot be heard, because _____.

A. there is no air on the moon.

B. light travels faster than sound.
C. the light is reflected around the moon.
D. sound waves don’t travel straight lines.

5. Which of the following arrangement of media is the speed of sound increasing?

A. wood, water, air C. metal, alcohol, air

B. air, oil, ice D. air, water, ice

6. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE?

I. Sound travels faster in humid air than in dry air.

II. Sound travels slower in cold air than in hot air.

A. I B. II C. both I and II D. Neither I and II

7. Drum A and Drum B are of the same size and are made up of the same material. However,
Drum A is struck harder as compared to Drum B. The following assumption(s) is/are true EXCEPT
___.

A. Drum A and Drum B have the same pitch.

B. Drum A and Drum B have the same timbre.
C. the amplitude of the sound waves produced by Drum A and Drum B are the
same.
D. the frequency of the sound waves produced by Drum A and Drum B are the
same.

8. A piano and a violin are played at the same time producing sound waves of the same
frequency and amplitude. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. Both instruments have the same pitch, loudness and timbre.

B. Both instruments have the same pitch and loudness but different timbre.
C. Both instruments have the same pitch and timbre but different loudness.
D. Both instruments have the same loudness and timbre but different pitch.

9. Which is/are TRUE about sound?

I. Sound is a longitudinal wave.

II. The speed of sound increases with temperature.
III. Human ear is sensitive to sound at 200 Hz - 20,000 Hz
IV. Sound travels faster in seawater than in freshwater.

A. I, II and III B. I, II and IV C. I, III and IV D. I, II, III and IV

10.
Sound Frequency
X 15 Hz
Y 15,000 Hz
Z 25,000 Hz
Given the table above, which of the following sound can be heard by Kenji the dog?
A. sound X only C. sound X & Y
B. Sound Y only D. sound X, Y & Z