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WorksheetsLight & Sound Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the material that allows light to pass through called?
a)
Refract
b)
Transparent
c)
Opaque
d)
Translucent
2.
When light waves bounce off an object, they _______.
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
c)
Refract
d)
Shadow
3.
Why do you see lightening before you hear thunder?
a)
Thunder takes 10 seconds to travel after lightening strikes.
b)
Sound travels faster than light.
c)
Sound travels slower than light.
d)
Sound travels slower than light.
4.
To take in light is to ______ it.
a)
Absorb
b)
Refract
c)
Reflect
d)
Shadow
5.
What is an object called when it lets some light through but scatters it in many directions?
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
d)
Absorb
6.
What is it called when light is bent?
a)
Reflect
b)
Shadow
c)
Refract
d)
Absorb
7.
What is a form of energy that you see?
a)
Light
b)
Shadow
c)
Lens
d)
Prism
8.
What is a piece of thin glass that refracts light called?
a)
Prism
b)
Prism
c)
Chips
d)
Lens
9.
What is something that separates white light into colors called?
a)
Lens
b)
Light
c)
Chips
d)
Prism
10.
What is the loudness of sound?
a)
Pitch
b)
Sound
c)
Volume
d)
Amplitude
11.
What is a change that carries energy from one place to another?
a)
Wave
b)
Sound
c)
Wavelength
d)
Vibrate
12.
To move back and forth quickly is called what?
a)
Pitch
b)
Vibrate
c)
Medium
d)
Amplitude
13.
What is the matter through which a wave travels?
a)
Vibrate
b)
Frequency
c)
Medium
d)
Wavelength
14.
How do we measure how high or low a sound is?
a)
Volume
b)
Sound
c)
Amplitude
d)
Pitch
15.
What is a form of energy that is produced by vibrations and can be heard?
a)
Sound
b)
Pitch
c)
Volume
d)
Vibrate
16.
The speed of light is slower than the speed of sound.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Sound is a...
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
transverse wave
18.
Light is a...
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
transverse wave
19.
Light source or Light reflector?: Moon
a)
Light Source
b)
Light Reflector
20.
Light source or Light reflector?: Mirror
a)
Light Source
b)
Light Reflector
21.
Sound travels well in outer space.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Light that is reflected is absorbed, or soaked up, into something.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
A straw that seems to bend or break apart in a glass of water is an example of refraction.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
What does not allow light to pass through it?
a)
clear glass
b)
heavy plastic
c)
opaque material
d)
glue
25.
Color is determined by how light is transmitted, reflected and ______________.
a)
seen
b)
produced
c)
absorbed
d)
bent
26.
A lens is a _____________ object that light can pass through and that is used in many instruments, such as eyeglasses and cameras.
a)
opaque
b)
colored
c)
absorbed
d)
transparent
27.
Does sound have to have something to travel through?
a)
Yes
b)
No
28.
Does light have to have something to travel through?
a)
Yes
b)
No
29.
Why does a yellow banana appear to look yellow?
a)
The banana only reflects yellow light.
b)
The banana absorbs yellow light from the sun.
c)
The banana is opaque and does not let yellow light through
30.
What happens when light strikes a translucent object?
a)
All of the light passes through the object.
b)
All of the light is reflected by the object.
c)
Some of the light passes through and some of the light is scattered or absorbed.
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