SCIENCE 5 QUIZ

Objects that reflect some light and transmit some light are called?

• colored

• opaque

• translucent

• transparent

Objects appear fuzzy through a material that is?

• colored

• opaque

• translucent

• transparent

The change in the direction of light due to the change in speed is?

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

• polarization

What measures the intensity or loudness of a sound wave?

• decibel

• watts

• hertz

• notes

What term refers to the highness or lowness a sound has that a listener hears?

• volume

• amplitude

• energy

• pitch

The most common type of hearing loss in teenagers and young adults is due to?

• injury

• very loud music or noise

• infection or disease

• aging

What do bats and dolphins use to locate their food and navigate?

• sight

• infrasound

• echolocation

• ultrasound

Sound waves with frequencies beyond 20,000 Hz are called?

• ultrasound

• sonar

• infrasound

• echolocation

Lengthening the air column in a brass or woodwind instrument will cause the pitch to?

• get higher

• stay the same

• get lower

• get louder

Which of the following would make a high pitch in string instrument?

• plucking a long string

• plucking the string harder

• plucking a thin string

• plucking loose string