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Review for Light & Sound Quiz

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 6hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A straight path of light is called a ________?

a)

A laser

b)

Sound waves

c)

A ray

d)

Sunshine

2.

What else happens to light when it is not reflected? (Pick 2)

a)

Transmitted

b)

Disappeared

c)

Reflected

d)

Absorbed

3.

Light is _______ important to our life.

a)

Very

b)

Kind of

c)

Not really

d)

Not

4.

_____________ is light bouncing off an object?

a)

Reflection

b)

Absorption

c)

Transmission

d)

It becomes a rainbow

5.

Light can be turned into what type of energy?

a)

Thermal (heat) energy

b)

Battery energy

c)

Kinetic (motion) energy

d)

Mechanical

6.

How can the direction of light be changed?

a)

Light hits an object and is absored

b)

Light hits a different medium

c)

Light hits an object and bounces off

d)

All of the above

7.

Light is what kind of energy?

a)

Potential

b)

Electromagnectic

c)

Laser

d)

Mechanical

8.

Which of these shows what happens to light when it hits a classmate's face.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

Neither - the light is absorbed.

d)

Both - it depends on the person.

9.

Light travels at the speed of _______________ meters per second.

a)

100,000

b)

300,000,000

c)

1,000

d)

300,000

10.

Which one does light reflect off of better: dull objects like wood or shiny objects like metal?

a)

Dull objects

b)

Wood

c)

Yellow

d)

Shiny objects

11.

Do light waves travel in straight lines?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

d)

Maybe so

12.

What happens when light goes through water?

a)

The light slows and bends

b)

The light keeps going straight

c)

The light turns dark

d)

All of the above

13.

What colors makes white light?

a)

red, white, and purple

b)

None of the colors

c)

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet

d)

white

14.

Select all the examples for transparent materials?

a)

Paper

b)

Air

c)

Boxes

d)

Water

e)

Glass

15.
Which explains why the fork looks different under water?
a)
light can't pass through the glass
b)
the wavelength of light lengthens
c)
the amount of light increases when going through water
d)
light is refracted at an angle
16.

Refraction is _____________________________?

a)

The bending of light

b)

The bouncing back of light

c)

The absorption of light

d)

All of the above

17.

What do we call a substance that energy can travel through?

a)

Mirror

b)

Medium

c)

Wave

d)

Density

18.

What helps us remember The Colors of the Spectrum?

a)

Roy G Bv

b)

Roy G Bt

c)

Roty G By

d)

Roy S Bv

19.

Transparent is able to be seen through with...

a)

light

b)

clarity (clearly)

c)

material

d)

can't see through transparent

20.

How much light does something opaque let through?

a)

all of it

b)

a little of it

c)

half of it

d)

none of it

21.

What color object absorbs the most light?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Violet

d)

Red

22.

When light energy is absorbed by an object, it...

a)

turns into thermal (heat) energy.

b)

turns into sound energy.

c)

turns into solar energy.

d)

remains light energy.

23.

This mirror is...

a)

transparent.

b)

translucent.

c)

opaque.

24.

Which light bulbs are transparent?

a)

The red light bulbs

b)

The clear light blubs

c)

All of the light bulbs

d)

Both the red and yellow light bulbs

25.

Which light bulbs are translucent?

a)

The red light bulbs

b)

The yellow light bulb

c)

All of the light bulbs

d)

Both the red and yellow light bulbs

26.

How does light energy move?

a)

Longitudinal Waves

b)

Wavelengths

c)

Transverse Waves

d)

Ocean Waves

27.

What is the visible spectrum?

a)

a. The part of light waves we can see

b)

b. The part of light waves we cannot see

c)

c. the whole electromagnetic spectrum

d)

d. the energy spectrum

28.

A Transverse Wave is a wave that goes up and down

a)

True

b)

False

29.

What color has the shortest wavelength and highest frequency?

a)

Violet

b)

Orange

c)

Red

d)

Blue

30.

What color has the longest wavelength?

a)

Black

b)

Green

c)

Purple

d)

Red

31.

What is a wavelength?

(Hint: there is one correct answer)

a)

a. The distance between a crest & a trough

b)

b.The highest part of a transverse wave

c)

c.The distance between two crests

d)

d. Light doesn't have a wavelength

32.

What is the lowest part of a transverse wave?

a)

Trough

b)

Crest

33.

What is the highest point of a transverse wave?

a)

Trough

b)

Crest

c)

Wavelength

d)

Frequency

34.

How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth?

a)

8 and 1/2 minutes

b)

60 minutes

c)

30 sec

d)

About 15 minutes

35.

Why do we see grass as green?

a)

Green light is absorbed

b)

Green light is reflected

36.

What is the less dense part of a compression wave called?

a)

Rarefaction

b)

Compression

c)

Sound

d)

waves

37.

Sound travels in a _______________ wave.

a)

Tranverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Up & Down

d)

Echo

38.

Can sound travel without a medium?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

depends on the wave

d)

sometimes

39.

What did we use in class to show a sound wave and compression?

a)

a slinky

b)

water

c)

silver chain

d)

flashlight

40.

Sound is made of ________________________________ .

a)

Electromagnetic energy

b)

Noises

c)

Vibrating Matter

d)

Echos

41.

What is a Wavelength?

a)

How big the sound wave is

b)

The distance between two compressions

c)

How loud the sound is

d)

How tall the sound family is

42.

What is a Compression

a)

Part of the sound wave that has molecules bunched together

b)

The push of something on the sound wave

c)

How tight the sound waves are together

d)

How wide the sound wave is

43.

A longitudinal (sound) waves moves __________________ ?

a)

By reflection

b)

Up & Down

c)

Back & Forth

d)

By absorption

44.

Can sound travel through a vacuum (space)?

a)

No

b)

Yes.

45.

What medium is all around us that lets us hear people talk?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

46.

What is Vibration?

a)

the sound of a whistle

b)

rapid back & forth movement that creates sound

c)

shoes tapping on the floor

d)

movement of air

47.

Which material does sound travel faster in?

a)

water

b)

metal

c)

dry air

d)

clouds

48.

What is sound formed by?

a)

Vibrating matter

b)

ocean waves

c)

color

d)

gas

49.

Sound waves travel through steel faster than through air.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Sound moves fastest through steel (metal) because ______________ .

a)

The molecules are farther away.

b)

The sound echoes back.

c)

The molecules are very close together.

d)

The sound is easier to hear

51.

Sound waves are a _____________________ wave.

a)

Compression (Longitudinal) wave

b)

Up & Down wave

c)

Transverse wave

d)

Ocean wave

52.

What happens when sound hits a hard surface?

a)

The sound is absorbed

b)

The sound just stops

c)

The sound moves around it

d)

The sound is reflected back

53.

Sound must have a medium to travel through.

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

Sometimes

54.

What is actually vibrating around you between your voice and someone's ear, so you can hear them?

a)

Water molecules

b)

Your lips

c)

Air molecules

d)

Solid molecules

55.

What are some examples that we used in class to show or explain sound waves? Click all that apply.

a)

Slinky

b)

Inflated ballon

c)

Prism

d)

Tuning Fork

56.

What is frequency?

a)

Mrs. Lackey

b)

The amount of heat in a wave.

c)

The height of the waves in a given time. .

d)

Number of vibrations in a given time.

57.

How is pitch determined?

a)

By amplitude.

b)

By frequency.

c)

By resonance

58.

What are some examples of how sound waves travel?

(Select all that apply.)

a)

Like a slinky.

b)

Like a human.

c)

Like ocean waves.

d)

Like a compression wave

59.

Sound waves can move through space.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

What does amplitude determine?

a)

Loudness

b)

Voice

c)

Vibrations

d)

Pitch

61.

What is resonance?

a)

When one object vibrates at a frequency.

b)

When two objects vibrate at the same frequency.

c)

When two objects vibrate.

d)

When two objects vibrate at different frequencies.

62.

A longer and bigger stringed instrument makes a ___________ pitch than a short string.

a)

louder

b)

softer

c)

higher

d)

lower

63.

The highest pitch is made by the __________ instrument.

a)

biggest

b)

wooden

c)

smallest

d)

shiniest

64.

Which one of these answers are true?

a)

Frequency determines pitch.

b)

Fast frequency is equal to a high pitch

c)

Slow frequency is equal to a low pitch

d)

All of the above.

65.

What is the scientific name for volume?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Pitch

d)

Echo

66.

Are the notes on the music staff different pitches?

a)

No

b)

Yes

67.

What are some examples that we used in class to show or explain sound waves? Click all that apply.

a)

Slinky

b)

Inflated ballon

c)

Prism

d)

Tuning Fork

68.

Ultrasound travels farther than infrasound.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

People hear echolocation.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

Why do animals use echolocation? (Choose all that apply)

a)

because they can't see

b)

to know where they are going

c)

to find prey

d)

to communicate

71.

What is the human hearing range?

a)

200-500 Hz

b)

20-20,000 Hz

c)

20-2,000 Hz

d)

200-20,000 Hz

72.

What is Ultrasound?

a)

Sounds below human hearing range

b)

Sounds above human hearing range

73.

What is Infrasound?

a)

Sounds below human hearing range

b)

Sounds above human hearing range

74.

Which of the following use echolocation? (Click all that apply)

a)

Cats

b)

Bats

c)

Dogs

d)

Dolphins

75.

What do submarines use to navigate and "see" underwater?

a)

Windows

b)

Echolocation

c)

SONAR

d)

GPS

76.

What animal can hear lower than humans?

a)

Elephants

b)

Mice

c)

Bats

d)

Dolphins

77.

What is Ultrasound sometimes used for?

a)

Finding the moon in space

b)

Finding your way, if your blind

c)

Locating iphones

d)

Looking inside a human body