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Something Is Always Shaking is a free printable Grade 1 science worksheet on evidence that vibration makes sound and sound makes things vibrate, aligned to Common Core standard 1-PS4-1. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Something Is Always Shaking

1-PS4-1

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Circle the best answer.

1.A loudspeaker is playing music. What is its surface doing?
  • A.Moving quickly back and forth
  • B.Changing colour
  • C.Staying still
2.Rice on a drum hops when you shout at it. What does that show?
  • A.Shouting is warm
  • B.Rice can hear
  • C.The sound made the drum skin vibrate
3.Why does a paper cone in front of a speaker buzz?
  • A.Paper makes its own sound
  • B.The speaker touches it
  • C.The sound makes the paper vibrate
4.You put your hand on a drum skin while it sounds. What do you feel?
  • A.The skin getting cold
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.The skin shaking
5.You pluck a guitar string and it makes a sound. What is the string doing?
  • A.Staying perfectly still
  • B.Vibrating back and forth
  • C.Getting hotter
6.Which of these makes no sound?
  • A.A shaking drum skin
  • B.Something that is not moving at all
  • C.A vibrating string
7.How do you stop a ringing bell making a sound?
  • A.Hold it, so it cannot vibrate
  • B.Look away from it
  • C.Ask it to stop
8.You feel your throat while humming. What do you feel?
  • A.It vibrates
  • B.It stops moving
  • C.It cools down

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Answer key — Something Is Always Shaking

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Moving quickly back and forth
  2. 2.The sound made the drum skin vibrate
  3. 3.The sound makes the paper vibrate
  4. 4.The skin shaking
  5. 5.Vibrating back and forth
  6. 6.Something that is not moving at all
  7. 7.Hold it, so it cannot vibrate
  8. 8.It vibrates

More practice for 1-PS4-1

Show that things which vibrate make sound, and that sound makes things vibrate.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1-PS4-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.