Sound and Light Review

Which mater will sound travel through the fastest?

• helium gas

• pond water

• wooden bookshelf

• plastic food container

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Light that the human eye can see is called -

• opaque

• visible light

• black light

• invisible light

Both light and sound -

• are forms of energy

• travel in compression waves

• can travel in outer space

• can not travel in outer space

Select the example of a transverse wave.

• a speaker plays the Encanto soundtrack

• an oven cooks a turkey

• a bike wheel rolls across the pavement

• a firefighter turns on his headlamp

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• Reflection
• Refraction

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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

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The bouncing of light off an object

• basketball

• refraction

• reflection

• echo

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The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny.
What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is-

• absorbed
• reflected
• refracted
• stopped

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_____?______ materials do not allow light waves to pass through.

• Opaque
• Transparent
• Translucent

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How does a prism affect the wavelengths of white light?

• White light is bent and separated into different wavelengths

• White light is all turned into one different wavelength

• White light stays white

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