Light and Sound Review

A disturbance in matter that transfers energy from one molecule to another is called a _______________.

• Pitch

• Prism

• Wave

• Lens

The distance from one wave to the next one is called the _________________.

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Pitch

• Volume

How high or low a sound is

• Volume

• Decibel

• Wavelength

• Pitch

How loud a sound is

• Pitch

• Volume

• Wavelength

• Refraction

Waves that travel sideways are _________________

• Translucent

• Transverse

• Transparent

Something that absorbs light and does not let it pass through is _____________.

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

Something that allows light to pass through is _____________.

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

Something that absorbs some light and allows other light to pass through is __________________.

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

When light bends as it passes from one state of matter to another (like a solid to a liquid), it is called what?

• Reflection

• Refraction

When light bounces off an object, it is called what?

• Reflection

• Refraction