WorksheetsSound and Light Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Sound is caused by?
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
2.
What is frequency?
a)
the number of vibrations per second
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
the loudness or softness of a sound
d)
the back and forth movement of matter
3.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
4.
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
5.
Opaque means...
a)
No light passes through it
b)
All light passes through it
c)
Some light passes through it
6.
Which term means to bounce off the surface of something?
a)
Refract
b)
Absorb
c)
Reflect
d)
prism
7.
Fill in the blank with the best answer: After light passes through a convex lens the light comes together at a __________.
a)
Spot
b)
Focal point
c)
point
d)
Local Point
8.
Compared to the speed of light, sound travels:
a)
Faster
b)
The same speed
c)
Slower
9.
A sound wave is a:
a)
Standing wave
b)
Longitudinal wave
c)
Shock wave
d)
Transverse wave
10.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
11.
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is the wave's
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
frequency
d)
speed
12.
Why do we see objects as white?
a)
They absorb all light
b)
They reflect all light
c)
They absorb some light and reflect some light
13.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
14.
Blurs light as it passes through
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
d)
Refraction
15.
Why does this the t-shirt appear red and the shorts appear blue?
a)
The t-shirt reflects red light, the shorts reflect green light, other colours are absorbed.
b)
The t-shirt reflects blue light, the shorts reflect red light, other colours are absorbed.
c)
The t-shirt reflects red light, the shorts absorb yellow light, all other colours are reflected
d)
The t-shirt reflects red light, the shorts reflect blue light, other colours are absorbed.
16.
How do we see objects that are black?
a)
All the visible light is reflected.
b)
All the visible light is absorbed.
c)
No visible light is reflected or absorbed.
17.
How does matter move in a compressional (longitudinal) wave?
a)
Perpendicular to energy.
b)
In a circular pattern around the same spot.
c)
Same direction as energy.
d)
Vertically as energy moves horizontally.
18.
The unit of frequency is ___.
a)
meters
b)
nanometers (nm)
c)
m/s
d)
Hertz
19.
The amplitude of this wave is represented by
a)
"1"
b)
"2"
c)
"3"
d)
"4"
20.
What occurs when parallel rays of light hit a rough or bumpy surface?
a)
regular reflection
b)
diffuse reflection
c)
refraction
d)
diffraction
21.
A reflected sound wave
a)
frequency
b)
pitch
c)
echo
d)
rarefaction
22.
What is a natural Vaccuum that Sound cannot travel through?
a)
Water
b)
Air
c)
Liquids
d)
outer Space
23.
What state of matter allows sound to travel the slowest?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Doesn't Matter
24.
Which images are opaque?
a)
A & C
b)
A,C,E, & F
c)
D, E, & F
d)
A & E
25.
White light strikes a prism on one side while individual colors of light travel out of the prism on its other side. This demonstrates that...
a)
A prism reflects white light and makes its own colored light
b)
White light is made up of many different colors
c)
Each color of light is made up of white light
26.
How does light travel?
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
transverse wave
27.
Which part of the ear contains tiny bones called the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
a)
middle ear
b)
outer ear
c)
inner ear
d)
eardrum
28.
Which part of the ear is shaped like a snail shell?
a)
eardrum
b)
auditory nerve
c)
cochlea
d)
anvil
29.
What part of the eye controls how much light enters the black hole (pupil) in the center of the eye?
a)
optic nerve
b)
pupil
c)
cornea
d)
iris
30.
Which part of the ear is a stretched membrane at the entrance of the middle ear?
a)
cochlea
b)
cornea
c)
eardrum
d)
anvil
31.
What is the order of the path of light in the human eye?
a)
cornea, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, brain
b)
lens,cornea, pupil, retina, optic nerve, brain
c)
pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, cornea, brain
d)
brain, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, cornea,
32.
What is this?
a)
Ear Drum
b)
Ear Canal
c)
Pinna
d)
Cochlea
e)
Hearing Nerve
33.
What is this?
a)
Anvil
b)
Hammer
c)
Stirrup
d)
Cochlea
e)
Ear drum
34.
The best label for K would be
a)
ossicles
b)
incus
c)
malleus
d)
inner ear
35.
These are the smallest bones in the body that help transmit and amplify sound waves.
a)
Ossicles
b)
Fossils
c)
Oracles
d)
Spectacles
36.
Which part is #1?
a)
sclera
b)
cornea
c)
retina
d)
lens
37.
Which part is #2?
a)
iris
b)
cornea
c)
retina
d)
lens
38.
This structure is the back of the eye and it sends images to the optic nerve.
a)
Cornea
b)
Lens
c)
Retina
d)
Pupil
39.
What part of the eye is this?
a)
cornea
b)
lens
c)
iris
d)
cilicary body
40.
A unit of measure that indicates the relative intensity of a sound.
a)
rarefaction
b)
compression
c)
decibel
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