Waves Test Recovery

​TEST RECOVERY - WAVES

Multiple Choice

All waves carry...

• energy
• light 
• matter
• particles

Multiple Choice

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

Fill in the Blanks

Light is an

wave which means that it does not need a medium (matter) to move through.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following travels fastest?

• Light waves

• Sound waves

Multiple Choice

What kind of light is sunlight?

• White Light
• Infrared Light
• Yellow Light
• Red Light

Multiple Choice

Why doesn’t the surface of a wooden boat reflect light as the surface of water does?

• Because the boat's surface is rough and absorbs more light.

• Because the surface of the boat is red, not blue.

• Because the boat is not a natural object like the water is.

• Because the boat is on top of the water's surface.

Multiple Choice

A blue shirt looks blue because...

• it absorbs blue and reflects all the colors
• it reflects blue and absorbs all the other colors
• it absorbs cyan and reflects all the other colors
• it reflects cyan and absorbs all the other colors

Multiple Choice

Which type of behavior does light display when striking a transparent object?

• scattering

• reflection

• transmission

• absorption

Multiple Choice

What type of behavior does light display when striking a translucent object?

• absorption

• reflection

• scattering

Multiple Choice

What type of behavior does light display when striking an opaque object?

• scattering

• transmission

• refraction

• absorption

Multiple Choice

What type of behavior is represented by this diagram?

• reflection

• refraction

• scattering

• absorption

Multiple Choice

This glass is __________________ .

• opaque because light can pass through it.

• transparent because light cannot pass through it

• opaque because light cannot pass through it

• transparent because light can pass through it

Multiple Choice

This mug is __________________

• opaque because light can pass through it.

• transparent because light cannot pass through it.

• opaque because light cannot pass through it.

• transparent because light can pass through it.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains why you can see yourself when you look at a mirror?

• Light is refracted as it passes through the mirror.

• Light is reflected, bouncing off the mirror.

• Light is diffused in the mirror.

• Light is reflected as it passes through the mirror.

Multiple Choice

What is sound?

• A type of energy made by vibrations that moves through a medium such as a gas, liquid or solid

• A wave of electrical and magnetic energy moving together through space

• A type of electromagnetic wave that is visible to the eye

• A very low frequency electromagnetic wave that is used for the transmission of radio and television signals

Multiple Choice

True or False: Can sound travel though a vacuum (space)

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Sound travels better through solids than through liquids

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?

• Gas molecules are packed tightly

• Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas

• Solid molecules are packed tightly together

• Gas molecules move slowly

Reorder

Order the following by which light waves can move fastest (1) to slowest (4).

• Vacuum

• Gas

• Liquid

• Solid

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Order the following by which sound waves can move fastest (1) to slowest (4).

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3