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Waves

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which waves are fastest?

a)

Light waves

b)

Sound waves

c)

Sea waves

2.

What part of the ear collects sounds?

a)

The ear canal

b)

The pinna

c)

The eardrum

d)

The bones

3.

What are the names of the three bones in the ear?

a)

Incus

b)

Malleus

c)

Stapes

d)

Linger

4.

What is the amplitude of a wave?

a)

The distance between the same two points on a wave

b)

The maximum height of the wave

c)

The number of waves per second

d)

The amount of fish in the sea

5.

Can light bend around corners?

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

The (a)   is the frequency of the wave.

7.

Which of the following helps to make rainbows in the sky?

a)

Reflection

b)

Speed

c)

Refraction

d)

Absorption

8.

What do you call a material that lets light pass through?

a)

Invisible

b)

Translucent

c)

Transparent

d)

Opaque

9.

What do you call a material that lets some light pass through?

a)

Transparent

b)

Opaque

c)

Semi-invisible

d)

Translucent

10.

What do you call a material that doesn't let light pass through?

a)

Opaque

b)

A Rock

c)

Transparent

d)

Translucent

11.

Which of the following is true about how the eye sees things?

a)

The light rays enter your pupil and vibrate through to your brain.

b)

The light rays reflect off an object’s image and comes back to your eye.

c)

The world is upside down and the eye turns it around.

d)

All of the above.

12.

What is the speed of light? (approx)

a)

2 m/s

b)

1,000,000 m/s

c)

3,000,000,000 m/s

d)

300,000,000 m/s

13.

What is the speed of sound?

a)

3.4 m/s

b)

343 m/s

c)

243 m/s

d)

Wait isn't that a song by Coldplay?