Chapter 1B Science quiz

Da Vinci believed light behaved in a way similar to.....

• heat.

• cold.

• weather.

• sound.

When light bounces back from a smooth surface, an image is......

• reflected.

• refracted.

• scattered.

• bent.

Mary looked down into an aquarium and tried to remove a small rock with a net. In order to scoop up the rock, she will have to allow for......

• reflection.

• refraction.

• compressional waves.

• transverse waves.

White light can be separated into.....

• infrared light.

• red and blue light.

• the colors of the rainbow.

• ultraviolet light.

When you mix red, blue, and green paint,....

• very few wavelengths are reflected back to your eyes

• just the green wavelengths are reflected back to your eyes.

• just the blue wavelengths are reflected back to your eyes.

• just the red wavelengths are reflected back to your eyes.

Light travels through clear glass because the glass is........

• refractive.

• transparent.

• reflective.

• opaque.

Sound waves can travel only by passing through.....

• gases.

• liquids.

• solids.

• all of the above.

A frequency of one sound wave per second is called.....

• pitch.

• intensity.

• a decibel.

• a hertz.

An echo is created when sound is....

• scattered.

• deflected.

• reflected.

• refracted.

Sound waves move in an organized wave pattern in...

• echoes.

• music.

• noise.

• none of the above