Waves - Grade 6

Sound is caused by? 

• force
• vibrations
• instruments
• air

A disturbance that transfers energy is know as

• frequently

• amplitude

• wave

• wavelength

Tags

CCSS.HSF.TF.B.5

A mechanical wave caused by the vibration of particles as the waves travel through a medium is known as a

• Light wave

• Sound wave

• Mechanical wave

• Light wave

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

What happens when light hits a mirror?

• it makes a color
• it reflects
• it makes a rainbow
• it passes through

The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not penetrate

• A. refraction
• B. reflection
• C. resonance
• D. standing wave

When a wave strikes and object and bounces off. (example echo)

• medium
• refraction
• reflection
• interference

The passing of a wave through a material

• absorption
• transmission
• reflection

This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

Why can you feel heat on pavement in the summer time?

• Heat is being absorbed from the sun

• Heat is being reflected

• Heat is being transmitted

• Heat is coming from the ground