ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item RG194001: As sound from a speaker travels through water, the matter moves back and forth in a wavelike motion.
A man puts a speaker next to a container of liquid. The speaker makes a continuous sound that travels through the liquid.
What happens to the matter at point X inside the container while the sound travels through the liquid?
- As sound travels through the liquid, the matter at point X moves in the direction of the sound and travels toward the other side of the container.
- As sound travels through the liquid, the matter at point X moves back and forth in a wavelike motion.
- If the liquid is thick, like honey, the matter at point X will not move when sound travels through it, but if the liquid is thin like water, the matter at point X will move with the sound.
- Nothing happens to the matter at point X. Matter is not disturbed when sound travels through a liquid.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 3505 |
4–5 n = 411 | 6–8 n = 1701 |
9–12 n = 1393 |
Male n = 1703 |
Female n = 1755 |
English n = 3146 |
Other n = 289 |
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| A. | 30% | 38% | 30% | 27% | 30% | 29% | 29% | 33% |
| B. | 34% | 33% | 32% | 36% | 35% | 33% | 34% | 29% |
| C. | 27% | 20% | 28% | 27% | 24% | 29% | 26% | 27% |
| D. | 10% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 12% |