Name _______________________________

Sound Waves

  1. Sound waves must have a medium to travel through.
  1. True
  2. False

  1. Air is not a medium.
  1. True
  2. False

  1. How does sound travel?
  1. The air particles are moved from the location that the sound is created to the ear.
  2. Energy is transferred from one particle to another as the energy wave moves through the air.

  1. Sound can travel through ____.
  1. air
  2. air and liquids
  3. air, liquids, and solids
  4. air, liquids, solids, and space

  1. Explain how your vocal cords create sound.

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