WorksheetsLight and Sound IPC
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What type of light is made by heating a piece of metal until it glows?
Transparent light
Opaque light
Incandescent light
What is an image that looks closer or farther than it actually is because of warm or cool layers of air near the ground?
Mirage
Coherent light
Polarized light
What does transparent mean?
You can see through it clearly
You can see only dark shapes through it
You cannot see through it at all
What word means a material absorbs some colors and reflects others?
Holography
Transparent
Pigment
What does translucent mean?
You can see some things through a material
You can see nothing though a material
You can see clearly through a material
What is the light that uses ultraviolet radiation to cause a light bulb to grow?
Fluorescent light
Incoherent light
Reflection
What is a material that absorbs or reflects all light?
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
What happens when light strikes a surface between two materials and completely reflects back into the first material?
Reflection
Incandescent light
Fluorescent light
What is the change in pitch or frequency that occurs when the source of sound wave is moving toward or away from the observer?
Acoustics
Doppler effect
Overtone
How do humans perceive sound intensity?
Loudness
Pitch
Sonar
How do we describe the differences among sounds having the same pitch and loudness?
Music
Resonator
Quality
What is the study of sound?
Acoustics
Ultrasonic
Cochlea
What is part of the ear that vibrates and passes the wave energy into the middle ear?
Eardrum
Decibel
Resonator
What do we call sounds created in specific pitches and sound quality in a set pattern?
Doppler effect
Sonar
Music
What is the spiral-shaped, fluid filled structure in the inner ear that converts sound waves to nerve impulses?
Echolocation
Intensity
Cochlea
When objects are located by sound waves sent, then they bounce back, they are interpreted as ___________________.
Echolocation
Eardrum
Quality
The unit that measures sound intensity with the letter dB is called _______________.
Sonar
Decibel
Echolocation
What is the amount of energy a sound wave carries and it can be measured in dB?
Time
Intensity
Sonar
The high or low of sound based on frequency of the sound waves is ______________.
Cochlea
Eardrum
Pitch
A range of sound waves with frequencies so high you cannot hear them, above 20,000 Hz is called __________.
Pitch
Loudness
Ultrasonic
What is prolonged sound by reflection from a surface or by the matching sound waves of a neighboring object?
Resonance
Loudness
Transparent
