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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 pluck a guitar string and it makes a sound. What is the string doing?
  • A.Staying perfectly still
  • B.Getting hotter
  • C.Vibrating back and forth
2.You feel your throat while humming. What do you feel?
  • A.It cools down
  • B.It vibrates
  • C.It stops moving
3.Why does a paper cone in front of a speaker buzz?
  • A.The speaker touches it
  • B.Paper makes its own sound
  • C.The sound makes the paper vibrate
4.Rice on a drum hops when you shout at it. What does that show?
  • A.The sound made the drum skin vibrate
  • B.Shouting is warm
  • C.Rice can hear
5.What is the same about every sound you have made today?
  • A.Something was vibrating
  • B.Something was heavy
  • C.Something was hot
6.Which of these makes no sound?
  • A.A vibrating string
  • B.A shaking drum skin
  • C.Something that is not moving at all
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — Something Is Always Shaking

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.