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Waves Test 2 Review

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Opens and closes to adjust the total amount of light entering the eye.
a)
Iris
b)
Scelera
c)
Cornea
d)
Human lens
2.
Thin fold of skin that covers and protects the eye.
a)
Sclera
b)
Human Lens
c)
Eyelid
d)
Optic Nerve
3.
Which structure is the visible colored part of the eye and is the most anterior portion of the vascular layer?
a)
Cornea
b)
Lens
c)
Iris
d)
Ciliary body
4.
What is the innermost layer and most delicate layer of the eyeball where photoreceptors are located?
a)
Sclera
b)
Choroid
c)
Retina
d)
Cornea
5.
What light sensitive cells are stimulated in dim light?
a)
rods
b)
cones
6.
Which part of the eye contracts and dilates based on the environment? 
a)
Pupil
b)
Cornea
c)
Sclera
d)
Iris
7.
Which nerve transmits information from the eye to the brain?
a)
Optic
b)
Olfactory
c)
Occulomotor
d)
Trigeminal
8.
what is this?
a)
Aqueous Humor
b)
Vitreous Humor
9.
The first part of the eye that light hits. 
a)
lens
b)
cornea
c)
pupil
d)
retina
10.
Sends messages to your brain
a)
neurons
b)
optic nerve
c)
retina
d)
motor neuron
11.
It protects the eye.
a)
lens
b)
pupil
c)
iris
d)
Cornea
12.
Focusing light onto the retina and flips the image in the back of the eye.
a)
Retina
b)
lens
c)
Iris
d)
Neurons
13.
Red light waves have _______ wavelength than blue light waves.
a)
the same
b)
shorter
c)
longer
d)
lotso
14.
What part of the ear contains the three bones which help amplify sounds? 
a)
Outer ear
b)
Ear canal
c)
Middle ear
d)
Inner ear
15.
What part of the ear contains a liquid and hairs with nerves attached to send messages to the brain? 
a)
Outer ear
b)
Eardrum
c)
Middle ear
d)
Inner ear
16.
What is the back of the eye called? 
a)
Cornea
b)
Lens
c)
Retina
d)
Optic nerve
17.
If a sound wave has a high frequency, it will be heard as a _______ 
a)
Loud sound
b)
High pitch
c)
Soft sound
d)
Low pitch
18.
If a sound wave has a high amplitude, it will be heard as a ______
a)
Loud sound
b)
High pitch
c)
Soft sound
19.
What happens when light hits an object you can see?
a)
The light turns corners.
b)
The light curves around the object.
c)
The object reflects the light.
d)
The light and the object do not form a shadow.
20.
What is a property of a transparent object?
a)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are scattered.
b)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are absorbed.
c)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are reflected.
d)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it pass through it.
21.
Which is translucent?
a)
tissue paper
b)
air
c)
wood
d)
clear plastic
22.
What is most likely to happen to light that hits an opaque object?
a)
All of the light passes through the object.
b)
None of the light passes through the object.
c)
Most of the light disappears.
d)
Some of the light passes through the object.
23.
Which is transparent?
a)
a wooden fence
b)
clean water
c)
aluminum foil
d)
a purple balloon
24.
If you wanted a gift to be a surprise, what kind of container would you put it in?
a)
transparent
b)
thick
c)
opaque
d)
translucent
25.
What does it mean to refract?
a)
bounce off
b)
to bend
c)
curve outward
d)
reflect
26.
What happens when light hits a mirror?
a)
it makes a color
b)
it reflects
c)
it makes a rainbow
d)
it passes through
27.
How does light travel?
a)
in a wavy path
b)
in a straight path
c)
in a zig zag path
28.
A convex lens curves ____________.
a)
outward
b)
inward
c)
opaque
d)
refracts
29.
What is a prism?
a)
a transparent object that separates white light
b)
an opaque object that appears black
c)
a translucent object
30.
What do all waves have in common?
a)
nothing
b)
they carry energy
c)
they absorb light
d)
you can see them
31.
A wood door is 
a)
translucent
b)
transparent 
c)
opaque
32.
What happens to blue light when it hits a shirt that appears blue?
a)
The light is reflected.
b)
The light is absorbed.
c)
The light is refracted.
d)
The light is blocked.
33.
What is a property of a transparent object?
a)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are scattered.
b)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are absorbed.
c)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are reflected.
d)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it pass through it.
34.
Which is translucent?
a)
tissue paper
b)
air
c)
wood
d)
clear plastic
35.
What is most likely to happen to light that hits an opaque object?
a)
All of the light passes through the object.
b)
None of the light passes through the object.
c)
Most of the light disappears.
d)
Some of the light passes through the object.
36.
What does it mean to refract?
a)
bounce off
b)
to bend
c)
curve outward
d)
reflect
37.
Why do we see objects as black?
a)
They absorb all the light
b)
They reflect all the light
c)
They absorb some light and reflect 
38.
4. What separates white light into different colors?
a)
transmission
b)
absorption
c)
scattering
d)
refraction
39.
Clear, solid object that bends light
a)
Mirror
b)
Reflection
c)
Opaque
d)
Prism
40.
Light hitting a prism is an example of
a)
Absorption
b)
Reflection
c)
Yellow Light
d)
Refraction
41.
Seeing your face in a mirror is an example of 
a)
Refraction
b)
Fiber Optics
c)
Reflection
d)
Absorption
42.
What kind of lens would you find in your eye?
a)
opaque
b)
concave
c)
convex
d)
prism
43.
What is causing you to be able to see two sets of mountains in this picture? 
a)
refraction of light
b)
reflection of light
c)
transmission of light
d)
absorption of light
44.
The black rectangles represent light waves.  What is happening to them as they move from left to right? 
a)
They are being reflected. 
b)
They are being refracted.
c)
They are being transmitted.
d)
They are being absorbed.
45.
Light waves are hitting an object (that black horizontal line).  What is happening to those light waves? 
a)
They are being reflected.
b)
They are being refracted.
c)
They are being transmitted.
d)
They are being absorbed. 
46.
What word could you use to describe the fish bowl? 
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
47.
What is happening to the light waves as they hit the black object in the middle? 
a)
They are being reflected.
b)
They are being absorbed.
c)
They are being refracted.
d)
They are being transmitted. 
48.
What kind of object is represented by the black horizontal line? 
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
49.
Hey!  That straw looks broken.  Why?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
50.
Why are those people casting shadows? 
a)
They are transparent
b)
They are translucent.
c)
They are opaque. 
51.
I can kind of see through that wax paper, but not really.  Why? 
a)
It is transparent
b)
It is translucent.
c)
It is opaque. 
52.
What's going on here? 
a)
Red light is being refracted; all other colors are absorbed.
b)
Red light is being absorbed; all other colors are reflected.
c)
Red light is transmitted; all other colors are refracted.
d)
Red light is reflected; all other colors are absorbed. 
53.
How are sound and light waves similar?
a)
both transmit energy
b)
both require a medium
c)
neither require a medium
d)
both transmit matter
54.
Black will ____ all wavelengths of the visible spectrum. 
a)
reflect
b)
absorb
c)
refract
d)
diffract
55.
True or False: 
White light is composed of all the colors of the spectrum as shown with a prism
a)
true
b)
false
56.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
57.
Why do some people have to wear glasses because images are blurry?
a)
cornea is opaque
b)
light rays not focused correctly on retina
58.
What do you see when water droplets refract sunlight?
a)
thunderstorm
b)
eclipse
c)
rainbow
d)
clouds
59.
What is the function of the outer ear?
a)
collects sound waves
b)
interprets the sound
c)
transmits the sound
d)
amplifies the sound
60.
This part of the eye controls how much light enters the eye. 
a)
cornea
b)
iris
c)
lens
d)
retina
61.
The first part of the middle ear where the sound waves transfer the vibrations is the ___.
a)
eardrum
b)
pinna
c)
cochlea
d)
auditory nerve
62.
Which part of the ear? The tiny hairs on the cochlea vibrate transmit energy to nerves to the brain. 
a)
outer ear
b)
middle ear
c)
inner ear
d)
brain
63.
Paul is fishing out on the Resevoir.  He sees a fish from his boat and goes to spear it but misses by a lot but sees that the fish has not moved.  What caused him to think the fish was some where else?
a)
reflection
b)
transmission
c)
absorption
d)
refraction
64.
Maurice is wearing a yellow shirt.  What behavior is causing our eye to see the yellow waves?
a)
absorption
b)
transmission
c)
reflection
d)
refraction
65.
What happens when an object absorbs electromagnetic waves?
a)
It bends the object
b)
It heats the object u
c)
It causes it to become transparent
d)
It stays the same
66.
This behavior occurs when energy is not transferred through or reflected by a medium.
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
67.
This behavior occurs when waves bend from changing speed.
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
68.
This behavior is what happens when waves bounce back when meeting a surface.
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
69.
What is #13?
a)
Eardrum
b)
Anvil
c)
Hammer
d)
Cochlea
70.
What is #14?
a)
Hammer
b)
Pinna
c)
Hair Cells
d)
Auditory Nerve
71.
What is #15?
a)
Hammer
b)
Semicircular Canals
c)
Anvil
d)
Eardrum
72.
What is #16?
a)
Ear Canal
b)
Semicircular Canals
c)
Pinna
d)
Stirrup
73.
What is #19?
a)
Semicircular Canals
b)
Ear Canal
c)
Auditory Nerve
d)
Cochlea
74.
What is #20?
a)
Watery Liquid
b)
Hammer
c)
Eustachian tube
d)
Round Window
75.
What is #23
a)
Eardrum
b)
Anvil
c)
Hair Cells
d)
Cochlea
76.
What is #6?
a)
Cochlea
b)
Eustachian Tube
c)
Semicircular Canal
d)
Round Window
77.
What is #23
a)
Eardrum
b)
Anvil
c)
Hair Cells
d)
Cochlea
78.
What is #2?
a)
Ear Canal
b)
Pinna
c)
Hammer
d)
Anvil
79.
What is #9?
a)
Cochlea
b)
Stirrup
c)
Round Window
d)
Eustachian Tube 
80.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
81.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
82.
What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
83.
What do we call the top of the wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
84.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
85.
A repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy.
a)
Hertz
b)
Medium
c)
Wave
d)
Transverse
86.
High frequency waves have _________ wavelength.
a)
varying
b)
high
c)
the same
d)
low
87.
The orange line is measuring the _________________________.
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
trough
88.
High frequency waves have _________ wavelength.
a)
varying
b)
high
c)
the same
d)
low
89.
An example of this is an echo
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption