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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.Rice on a drum hops when you shout at it. What does that show?
  • A.Rice can hear
  • B.The sound made the drum skin vibrate
  • C.Shouting is warm
2.A tuning fork is dipped in water after being struck. What happens?
  • A.The water splashes, because the fork is vibrating
  • B.The water freezes
  • C.Nothing happens
3.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
4.A loudspeaker is playing music. What is its surface doing?
  • A.Moving quickly back and forth
  • B.Staying still
  • C.Changing colour
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.What is the same about every sound you have made today?
  • A.Something was hot
  • B.Something was heavy
  • C.Something was vibrating
7.You put your hand on a drum skin while it sounds. What do you feel?
  • A.The skin shaking
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.The skin getting cold
8.Why does a paper cone in front of a speaker buzz?
  • A.Paper makes its own sound
  • B.The sound makes the paper vibrate
  • C.The speaker touches it

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Answer key — Something Is Always Shaking

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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