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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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1.A tuning fork is dipped in water after being struck. What happens?
  • A.The water freezes
  • B.Nothing happens
  • C.The water splashes, because the fork is vibrating
2.You feel your throat while humming. What do you feel?
  • A.It stops moving
  • B.It vibrates
  • C.It cools down
3.Which of these makes no sound?
  • A.Something that is not moving at all
  • B.A vibrating string
  • C.A shaking drum skin
4.You pluck a guitar string and it makes a sound. What is the string doing?
  • A.Vibrating back and forth
  • B.Staying perfectly still
  • C.Getting hotter
5.A loudspeaker is playing music. What is its surface doing?
  • A.Moving quickly back and forth
  • B.Staying still
  • C.Changing colour
6.Rice on a drum hops when you shout at it. What does that show?
  • A.Rice can hear
  • B.Shouting is warm
  • C.The sound made the drum skin vibrate
7.What is the same about every sound you have made today?
  • A.Something was vibrating
  • B.Something was heavy
  • C.Something was hot
8.You put your hand on a drum skin while it sounds. What do you feel?
  • A.Nothing at all
  • B.The skin shaking
  • C.The skin getting cold

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Answer key — Something Is Always Shaking

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The water splashes, because the fork is vibrating
  2. 2.It vibrates
  3. 3.Something that is not moving at all
  4. 4.Vibrating back and forth
  5. 5.Moving quickly back and forth
  6. 6.The sound made the drum skin vibrate
  7. 7.Something was vibrating
  8. 8.The skin shaking

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