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Sound and Light Waves

Total questions: 30

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.
What does it mean to reflect?
a)
bounce off
b)
bend
c)
refract
d)
energy
3.
What happens when light hits a mirror?
a)
it makes a color
b)
it reflects
c)
it makes a rainbow
d)
it passes through
4.
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
5.
How does light travel?
a)
in a wavy path
b)
in a straight path
c)
in a zig zag path
6.
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
7.
Blurs light as it passes through
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
d)
Refraction
8.
Allows most light through
a)
eflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Translucent
d)
Transparent
9.
The distance between one crest and the next crest is the wave's
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
frequency
d)
speed
10.
Which material lets a little light through?
a)
Opaque
b)
Translucent
c)
Transparent
d)
Pointy
11.
Which material blocks all light and casts a shadow?
a)
Opaque
b)
Translucent
c)
Transparent
d)
Pointy
12.
When light passes through a material and bends or slows the light down we call this _______.
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Absorbtion
d)
Smelly
13.
How is sound produced?
a)
Vibration
b)
Ray
c)
Light
d)
cell
14.
Sounds travel through liquids faster than solids
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Sound waves travel through
a)
empty space
b)
molecules
16.
The more energy a sound has the _____ it is.
a)
Low
b)
Quieter
c)
Louder
d)
Funnier
17.
Joe plucks a guitar string. The string makes a sound. What else does the string do? 
a)
glow
b)
break
c)
vibrate
d)
smile
18.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
pitch
d)
amplitude
19.
When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?
a)
Frequency 
b)
Amplitude 
c)
Wavelength 
d)
Crest
20.
What does pitch depend on?
a)
amplitude 
b)
frequency
c)
intensity 
d)
volume of sound
21.

What is a natural vacuum which sound cannot travel through?

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

Liquids

d)

Outer space

22.
What medium does sound travel through slowest?
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
d)
trees
23.

What happens to light as it travels in air that has dust or water vapor in it?

a)

It is not affected

b)

It disapears

c)

It scatters

d)

It turns yellow

24.

What type of material is the phone?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

d)

transcendental

25.

What type of material is the cup?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

d)

transcendental

26.

What type of material is the cup?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

d)

transcendental

27.

How do objects emit light?

a)

energy from one form is transformed to light

b)

light comes from nothing

c)

objects do not emit light

d)

sound energy becomes light

28.

When sound bounces off an object what is that called?

a)

Echo

b)

Amplification

c)

Absorption

d)

Encryption

29.

What do prescription glasses do to light?

a)

Absorb light

b)

Refract light

c)

Scatter light

d)

Color light

30.

Select all the electromagnetic waves from the list. Choose more than one answer.

a)

Visible Light

b)

Sound

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

Water

e)

Microwaves

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