Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 7 (ICSE) · Science
Chapter: Chapter 6 — Chapter 6: Sound
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. How is sound produced? [1]
(A) By vibrations
(B) By light
(C) By heat
(D) By magnetism
2. What does sound need to travel? [1]
(A) A medium (solid, liquid or gas)
(B) Nothing at all
(C) Only a vacuum
(D) Only light
3. Can sound travel through a vacuum? [1]
(A) No
(B) Yes, easily
(C) Only sometimes
(D) Sound doesn't exist in a vacuum but can still travel
4. What determines pitch? [1]
(A) Frequency
(B) Amplitude
(C) Colour
(D) Weight
5. What does higher frequency mean? [1]
(A) Higher pitch
(B) Lower pitch
(C) Louder sound only
(D) No change in pitch
6. What determines loudness? [1]
(A) Amplitude
(B) Frequency
(C) Colour
(D) Weight
7. What is an echo? [1]
(A) Sound reflecting off a surface
(B) Sound disappearing
(C) Light reflecting
(D) A type of vibration only, no reflection
8. Why study sound? [1]
(A) It explains instruments, hearing and echoes
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. How is sound produced? [1]
(A) By vibrations
(B) By light
(C) By heat
(D) By magnetism
10. What does sound need to travel? [1]
(A) A medium (solid, liquid or gas)
(B) Nothing at all
(C) Only a vacuum
(D) Only light
11. Can sound travel through a vacuum? [1]
(A) No
(B) Yes, easily
(C) Only sometimes
(D) Sound doesn't exist in a vacuum but can still travel
12. What determines pitch? [1]
(A) Frequency
(B) Amplitude
(C) Colour
(D) Weight
13. What does higher frequency mean? [1]
(A) Higher pitch
(B) Lower pitch
(C) Louder sound only
(D) No change in pitch
14. What determines loudness? [1]
(A) Amplitude
(B) Frequency
(C) Colour
(D) Weight
15. What is an echo? [1]
(A) Sound reflecting off a surface
(B) Sound disappearing
(C) Light reflecting
(D) A type of vibration only, no reflection
16. Why study sound? [1]
(A) It explains instruments, hearing and echoes
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests