Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Light and Sound Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which wave has the most energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
2.
What type of image would you find in this lens?
a)
Upright, reduced, virtual
b)
Upright, magnified, virtual
c)
Upright, magnified, real
d)
both upright reduced, real and inverted magnified and virtual
3.
Which image shows light being diffused?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.
Which diagram shows light being diffracted?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
This object shows what kind of image(s)
a)
Only an upright, magnified, real image
b)
An upright, magnified real image and an inverted, reduced virtual image
c)
Only an upright magnified virtual image
d)
An upright magnified virtual image and an inverted reduced real image
6.
Which diagram shows light being reflected off of a liquid?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
What is the name of this object?
a)
Convex mirror
b)
convex lens
c)
concave mirror
d)
concave lens
8.
Which diagram shows light being refracted through a liquid?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
What kind of image(s) is formed by this object?
a)
an upright reduced real 
b)
an upright reduced virtual
c)
upright magnified virtual
d)
upright magnified virtual and inverted reduced real
10.
From the diagram, what can you determine about substance B?
a)
Substance B is less dense than Substance A
b)
Substance B is more dense than substance A
c)
Substance B and Substance A have the same Density
d)
There is nothing you can determine from the diagram
11.
Why is the pot positioned where it is?
a)
It is the focal length of a mirror
b)
It is the focal point of the mirror
c)
It is the focal point of a mirror where all the light rays meet.
d)
It is the focal point of a lense
12.
What type/types of image(s) are formed in this mirror?
a)
Only a reduced upright virtual image
b)
only an inverted reduced real image
c)
both an inverted reduced real image and an upright magnified virtual image
d)
both an inverted reduced virtual image and an upright magnified real image
13.
Which letter in the diagram represents the emergent ray?
a)
W
b)
Y
c)
X
d)
Z
14.
Which letter in the diagram represents the refracted ray?
a)
W
b)
Y
c)
X
d)
Z
15.
Which diagram represents light traveling from a less dense substance to a more dense substance?
a)
Diagram 1
b)
Diagram 2
16.
How can you tell that light is traveling from a more dense substance to a less dense substance?
a)
The angle of incidence is bigger than the angle of reflection
b)
The angle of incidence is bigger than the angle of refraction
c)
The angle of incidence is smaller than the angle of reflection
d)
The angle of incidence is smaller than the angle of refraction
17.
Refraction occurs
a)
within transparent and translucent objects
b)
only on the surface of an object
c)
within transparent, translucent and opaque objects
d)
only within transparent objects.
18.
Using the diagram and how the light rays are interacting with this object, the identity of this object is most likely:
a)
concave mirror
b)
concave lens
c)
convex mirror
d)
convex lens
19.
The Hubble space telescope is called a ____________ telescope because it uses a ____________
a)
reflecting, lense
b)
reflecting, mirror
c)
refracting, lense
d)
refracting, mirror
20.
What do space telescopes allow us to do that will enhance our lives?
a)
allows us to see more of the universe, but this doesn't affect my life
b)
finds planets with atmospheres so spaceships can exchange air
c)
allows us to find planets that are earthlike with a breathable atmosphere and water, so we could one day colonize another planet
d)
Allows us to find water in the universe in case we run out
21.
Light enters the eye through the _________ and is detected by the _________________.
a)
pupil, cornea
b)
pupil, iris
c)
pupil, retina
d)
the pupil detects the light
22.
When light shines on a yellow flower, we see yellow because...
a)
 only yellow light is absorbed and all the other colors are reflected to our eye
b)
Only yellow light is reflected and all the other colors are absorbed by the flower
c)
the flower makes its own light called bioluminescence
d)
the flower splits white light into the spectrum and only yellow light escapes
23.
When white light shines on a black object, we see black because
a)
only black light is reflected
b)
only black light is absorbed
c)
all the colors of the spectrum are reflected
d)
all the colors of the spectrum are absorbed
24.
Which diagrams correctly shows the Law of Reflection in a plane mirror?
a)
Diagram 1
b)
Diagram 2
c)
Diagram 3
25.
In the diagram, the light rays are _____________ at point B.
a)
converging
b)
diverging
c)
transmitting
d)
reflecting
26.
Amplitude determines the ______________ of light and _______________ of sound.
a)
quality, energy
b)
brightness, loudness
c)
kind, pitch
d)
brightness, pitch
27.
With sounds waves frequency determines the _______________
a)
loudness
b)
pitch
c)
quality
d)
kinds of sounds
28.
The higher the pitch, the further the sound waves spread out from a source
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Sound waves move
a)
through a vacuum
b)
the vibrations of particles of matter
c)
through the movement of transverse waves
d)
through the Electromagnetic Spectrum
30.
The denser the medium, the___________ sound will move
a)
faster
b)
slower
c)
farther
d)
to shorter
31.
Suppose you live three blocks from your town's clock tower. You are LEAST likely to hear the clock toll its bells on a 
a)
cold snowy winter's day
b)
sunny summer day
c)
cloudy warm spring morning
d)
a rainy chilly fall day