Sound and Light Waves Review

Light waves bouncing off a surface is known as?

• Transmission

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This is the term that describes when light passes through matter.

• Transmission

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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This describes an object where light does not pass though at all.

• Transmission

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

This is when light changes direction slightly when it passes from one material to another.

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

This describes when the atoms of matter absorb light, and converts the light into thermal energy.

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When you place things into water they sometimes look bent (see the image below). What is this an example of?

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Transmission

• Absorption

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What word means the bouncing back of an object or wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass?

• refraction

• reflection

• node

• resonance

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which word means the bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle , caused by a change in speed?

• reflection

• absorption

• transmission

• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What do waves carry from place to place?

• Matter
• Energy and matter
• Energy
• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The reason you see lightning from a storm sooner than you hear thunder is because (a)   .

• sound waves travel faster than light
• light waves travel faster than heat
• light waves travel faster than sound
• light waves travel faster than ocean waves