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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.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
2.How do you stop a ringing bell making a sound?
  • A.Ask it to stop
  • B.Look away from it
  • C.Hold it, so it cannot vibrate
3.Why does a paper cone in front of a speaker buzz?
  • A.The sound makes the paper vibrate
  • B.Paper makes its own sound
  • C.The speaker touches it
4.A tuning fork is dipped in water after being struck. What happens?
  • A.Nothing happens
  • B.The water splashes, because the fork is vibrating
  • C.The water freezes
5.What is the same about every sound you have made today?
  • A.Something was hot
  • B.Something was heavy
  • C.Something was vibrating
6.Which of these makes no sound?
  • A.A shaking drum skin
  • B.A vibrating string
  • C.Something that is not moving at all
7.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
8.A loudspeaker is playing music. What is its surface doing?
  • A.Changing colour
  • B.Moving quickly back and forth
  • C.Staying still

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Answer key — Something Is Always Shaking

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

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

More practice for 1-PS4-1

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