Light and Sound

How does light travel?

• in many directions

• in a straight line

• in waves

• by reflecting different surfaces

Shadows are formed because light cannot bend around objects. 

• True
• False 

Light that is reflected is absorbed, or soaked up, into something. 

• True
• False

Why is light important? 

• It does not heat the earth. 
• It heats the earth
• it keeps us in the dark

What is another reason light is so important? 

• We are in the dark 
• it helps us grow things
• It keeps the earth cold

TRUE or FALSE

Sound travels in waves

• True

• False

_____________ happens when a light ray hits a surface and bounces off.

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Subtraction
• Addition

______________ is when light bends as is it passes from one material to another.

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Multiplication
• Division

The shell shape inside our ear is called the...

• inner ear

• ear drum

• cochlea

• ear lobe

Stopping light and holding it in is ______________

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• prism