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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.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
3.You pluck a guitar string and it makes a sound. What is the string doing?
  • A.Getting hotter
  • B.Staying perfectly still
  • C.Vibrating back and forth
4.Why does a paper cone in front of a speaker buzz?
  • A.The speaker touches it
  • B.The sound makes the paper vibrate
  • C.Paper makes its own sound
5.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
6.A loudspeaker is playing music. What is its surface doing?
  • A.Changing colour
  • B.Moving quickly back and forth
  • C.Staying still
7.What is the same about every sound you have made today?
  • A.Something was vibrating
  • B.Something was hot
  • C.Something was heavy
8.You feel your throat while humming. What do you feel?
  • A.It cools down
  • B.It vibrates
  • C.It stops moving

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Answer key — Something Is Always Shaking

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.