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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 feel your throat while humming. What do you feel?
  • A.It stops moving
  • B.It cools down
  • C.It vibrates
2.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
3.A loudspeaker is playing music. What is its surface doing?
  • A.Staying still
  • B.Moving quickly back and forth
  • C.Changing colour
4.Which of these makes no sound?
  • A.A shaking drum skin
  • B.Something that is not moving at all
  • C.A vibrating string
5.How do you stop a ringing bell making a sound?
  • A.Look away from it
  • B.Hold it, so it cannot vibrate
  • C.Ask it to stop
6.You pluck a guitar string and it makes a sound. What is the string doing?
  • A.Getting hotter
  • B.Vibrating back and forth
  • C.Staying perfectly still
7.Why does a paper cone in front of a speaker buzz?
  • A.The sound makes the paper vibrate
  • B.The speaker touches it
  • C.Paper makes its own sound
8.Rice on a drum hops when you shout at it. What does that show?
  • A.Shouting is warm
  • B.The sound made the drum skin vibrate
  • C.Rice can hear

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Answer key — Something Is Always Shaking

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.