Sound Worksheet

Worksheet 5: Sound Name:_____________________

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Adventures

Beneath the Solar
Surface

dive beneath the
solar surface

Introduction

Q1. Below is a word puzzle. If you answer the clues correctly, the outlined column will spell another word.

CLUES

1. and 2. The names of the parts of a wave shown in the diagram.

3. Air molecules do this to transmit sound.
4. The name for the number of oscillations every second.
5. The gas through which sound waves travel on Earth.
6. Sound travels four times faster through this than through the Earth's atmosphere.
7. Sound travels fastest through materials in this state of matter, then through liquids.
8. Your nearest star.
9. Is something made of metal which you can hit, or is short for Global Oscillation Network Group!

Q2. On the line to the right of the waveshape at the top of the list of clues, label and draw a wave that has a higher frequency AND a lower amplitude.