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Sound and Light

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is refraction?
a)
when light bounces off an object
b)
when light bends
c)
when light draws an object
2.
How does sound travel?
a)
in only one direction
b)
in waves
c)
it doesn't travel
3.
Pitch is __________________.
a)
how loud or soft a sound is
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
when sound comes back to you
4.
The longer the string on an instrument, the _________ the pitch.
a)
lower
b)
higher
c)
softer
5.
What causes sound?
a)
when the pitch is high
b)
when something vibrates
c)
when the volume is loud
6.
If I play a long string on a harp, it will probably have a __________ pitch.
a)
echo
b)
low
c)
high
d)
loud
7.
My vocal cords ___________ when air passes through them.  This allows me to speak.
a)
stop
b)
vibrate
c)
close
d)
open
8.
The highest pitch is made by the _______ instrument.
a)
biggest
b)
wooden
c)
smallest
d)
shiniest
9.
What does it mean to reflect?
a)
bounce off
b)
bend
c)
refract
d)
energy
10.
What does it mean to refract?
a)
bounce off
b)
to bend
c)
curve outward
d)
reflect
11.
What happens when light hits a mirror?
a)
it makes a color
b)
it reflects
c)
it makes a rainbow
d)
it passes through
12.
What happens when an object is opaque?
a)
all light is able to pass through
b)
no light is able to pass through
c)
some light is able to pass through
d)
it is black
13.
How does light travel?
a)
in a wavy path
b)
in a straight path
c)
in a zig zag path
14.
Is your laptop opaque?
a)
Yes
b)
No
15.
Is your iPad opaque?
a)
Yes
b)
No
16.
A convex lens curves ____________.
a)
outward
b)
inward
c)
opaque
d)
refracts
17.
What does transparent mean?
a)
some light is able to pass through
b)
no light is able to pass through
c)
all light is able to pass through
18.
A concave lens curves _____________.
a)
outward
b)
inward
c)
opaque
19.
Blurs light as it passes through
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
d)
Refraction
20.
Allows most light through
a)
eflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Translucent
d)
Transparent
21.
What does an audiologist do?
a)
trained to test hearing
b)
trained to test eyes
c)
trained to bend light 
d)
trained to play an instrument