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WorksheetsUnit 3 Test Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How do mirrors work?
a)
Absorption
b)
Refraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Transmission
2.
What would I do if I wanted to increase the temperature of my cup of water outside?
a)
Put a thermometer in the cup
b)
Wrap the cup in plastic
c)
Paint the cup white
d)
Black material around the glass
3.
What part of the electromagnetic spectrum do NASA astronauts use in space?
a)
Infrared
b)
Microwave
c)
Ultraviolet
d)
Visible
4.
Why is the sky blue?
a)
Absorption
b)
Scattering
c)
Transmission
d)
Reflection
5.
Why does the grass look green outside?
a)
The grass absorbs green light from the sun
b)
Grass produces its own green light
c)
Grass uses green light to make food
d)
Grass absorbs all other colors and reflects green light
6.
What type of energy is transferred from the sun to Earth?
a)
Kinetic energy
b)
Potential energy
c)
Electromagnetic energy
d)
Heat energy
7.
Why can I see you clearly through a clear glass window but not through a frosted glass window?
a)
Clear glass reflects light, but frosted glass absorbs light.
b)
Clear glass transmits light, but frosted glass scatters light.
c)
Clear glass transmits some light, but frosted glass absorbs all light.
d)
Clear glass scatters some light, but frosted glass transmits all light.
8.
Which one is the wavelength?
a)
W
b)
Z
c)
Y
d)
X
9.
Which one affects sound wave speed?
a)
the kind of material the wave is going through
b)
the amplitude of the sound wave
c)
the wavelength of the disturbance
d)
the type of motion that caused the wave
10.
In what way is every instrument alike?
a)
They all make sound waves when two objects strike one another.
b)
They all make sound waves with the same amplitude.
c)
They all send sound waves in only one direction
d)
They all use a vibration to make sound waves.
11.
How are these waves different?
a)
Wave 1 has a bigger amplitude
b)
Wave 2 has a higher frequency
c)
Wave 1 has a shorter wavelength
d)
Wave 1 has a higher frequency
12.
Does sound travel faster in a solid or a gas?
a)
Solid
b)
Gas
13.
How does a sound wave travel through the air?
a)
The wave carries molecules of air away from the source of the sound.
b)
The wave carries energy that causes molecules to vibrate.
c)
The wave carries a molecule in one direction until it hits another molecule
d)
The wave moves through the air and gets energy from the moving molecules that it touches
14.
Why does sound travel faster in a solid?
a)
The atoms are closer together
b)
The atoms are further apart
c)
The atoms are smaller
d)
The atoms are larger
15.
What is happening when an earthquake occurs?
a)
Seismic waves spread
b)
Heat waves are created
c)
Changes in the magnetic field occur
d)
Changes in the orbiting speed occur
16.
Which is true about visible light?
a)
Humans can see the entire electromagnetic spectrum
b)
Humans can see visible light only as white light
c)
Humans cannot see any of the electromagnetic spectrum
d)
Visible light makes up a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum
17.
What does this show?
a)
Seismic waves
b)
Mechanical waves
c)
Electromagnetic waves
d)
Longitudinal waves
18.
Which is the only part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see?
a)
Visible light
b)
microwaves
c)
x-rays
d)
radio waves
19.
Which color is created when all of the colors of visible light in the electromagnetic spectrum are put together?
a)
gray
b)
white
c)
black
d)
blue
20.
The visible light spectrum can be separated into ____________.
a)
the types of waves
b)
the size of the particles
c)
different colors
d)
different types of energy
21.
Which would sound travel faster through?
a)
solid ground
b)
space
c)
air
d)
water
22.
Why does it sound louder if a pencil hits the floor than a couch cushion?
a)
The table is more reactive than the cushion.
b)
The table vibrates more than the cushion.
c)
The table is more insulated than the cushion
d)
The table has more potential energy than the cushion.
23.
How does a whistle work?
a)
Air makes the whistle shake
b)
Air inside the whistle vibrates
c)
the whistle absorbs the air blown into it
d)
The whistle gets bigger
24.
What properties do architects have to keep in mind when they design things like band rooms, and concert halls.
a)
thermal properties
b)
chemical properties
c)
electrical properties
d)
acoustical properties
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