U7 Waves: Light & Sound Summative Review

Light waves, as well as all electromagnetic waves, travel fastest through

• air
• glass
• a vacuum
• water

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As the amplitude of a sound wave increases,

• the softer a sound becomes
• the louder a sound becomes
• the higher the frequency becomes
• the lower the frequency becomes

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A person makes speech by the vibration of the -

• throat bones
• skins
• vocal cords
• lips

Light waves pass through the lens of camera or your eye, the light will____and then form an image at a focal point.

• diffract
• reflect
• separate
• refract

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When ordinary light shines on a black object,

• the color white is reflected
• the color black is absorbed
• all colors are reflected
• all colors are absorbed

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Sound waves move through a medium by (Choose 2 answers)

• vibrations
• a vacuum
• Collisions of particles of matter
• interference of transverse waves

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When white light shines on a white object,

• the color black is reflected
• the color white is absorbec
• all colors are absorbed
• all colors are reflected

Describe the image formed by a plane flat mirror? Choose 2 answers.

• Upright
• inverted (upside down)
• not reversed
• reversed

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Which property of waves has caused bridges to buckle and eventually collapse ie: Galloping Gertie

• Reflection
• Diffraction
• Resonance
• Amplification

The pitch (highness or lowness) of a sound depends on its _________.

• Frequency
• Volume
• Echo
• Location