Sound In Different Mediums Quiz

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    Sound can travel through

    • Only gases 
    • Only solids
    • Only liquids
    • In solids, liquids, and gases
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Do you know want to know how Sound travels in different mediums? Play this informative quiz and find out. Do you know in which medium Sound travels the fastest and in which medium it travels the slowest? What is the unit of measurement for the speed of Sound? On what does the loudness of Sound depend? Get answers to all this and much more in this quiz. If you like this quiz, share it with your friends. All the best!

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  • 2. 

    Which medium of sound is the given picture?

    • Liquid

    • Solid

    • Gas

    • Vacuum

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  • 3. 

    Sound waves do not travel through

    • Vacuum

    • Solid

    • Liquid

    • Gases

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  • 4. 

    Which of the following is the fastest medium for sound to travel through?

    • Air

    • Water

    • Steel

    • Vacuum

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  • 5. 

    Sounds travel fastest in

    • A vacuum

    • The sea

    • The atmosphere

    • A broomstick

  • 6. 

    In which of the following mediums does sound travel the slowest?

    • Air

    • Water

    • Steel

    • Vacuum

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  • 7. 

    What is the unit of measurement for the speed of sound?

    • Meters per second

    • Hertz

    • Decibels

    • Newton

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  • 8. 

    When sound travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium, what happens to its speed?

    • It increases.

    • It decreases.

    • It remains constant.

    • It becomes zero

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  • 9. 

    The loudness of the sound depends on

    • Its amplitude

    • Its frequency

    • Its time period

    • Its speed

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  • 10. 

    The speed of sound in the medium depends upon 

    • Frequency

    • Amplitude

    • Wavelength

    • Properties of the medium

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