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Sound and Light

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An object that allows all the light to pass through it

a)

translucent

b)

opaque

c)

transparent

d)

None

2.

Choose the correct option

a)

light can bend around an object

b)

light needs a medium to travel

c)

when an object blocks the light, a shadow is formed

d)

All of the above

3.

A lion's roar is a ____________ pitch sound.

a)

low

b)

high

4.

Light is made up of only one color.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A very quick back and forth movement

a)

refract

b)

absorb

c)

vibration

d)

pitch

6.

To take in light

a)

reflect

b)

absorb

c)

refract

d)

pitch

7.

To bend light

a)

refract

b)

reflect

c)

absorb

d)

vibration

8.

Why do you see your shadow outside on a sunny day?

a)

because the groundhog did

b)

my body is blocking light from the sun

c)

clouds cover up the sun

d)

it's bright outside

9.

An object that lets some light through such as colored glass is called _____________.

a)

transparent

b)

opaque

c)

translucent

d)

convex

10.

Objects that do not let light through are called __________.

a)

concave

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

d)

opaque

11.

Light travels in a ___________ path

a)

straight

b)

wavy

12.

Sound travels fastest through this type of matter.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

water

13.

Sound waves travel as ________ waves.

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Surface

14.

A back-and-forth motion causing particles to move close together generates a ________.

a)

Rarefaction

b)

Surface wave

c)

Compression

15.

A rarefaction is generated when particles move

a)

Together

b)

Under

c)

Apart

16.

Sound waves CANNOT travel through which of these:

a)

Paper

b)

Milk

c)

Outer space

17.

the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time

a)

frequency

b)

wavelength

c)

energy

d)

amplitude

18.

distance from the midpoint (resting point) to the crest

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

19.

highest point on a wave

a)

trough

b)

amplitude

c)

pitch

d)

crest

20.

lowest point on a wave

a)

crest

b)

pitch

c)

trough

d)

amplitude

21.
The shorter the wavelength the 
a)
shorter the frequency
b)
higher the freuqnecy
c)
frequency stays the same
d)
less energy
22.

Examine the wave.


Which region on this wave would correspond to rarefaction?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

23.

What might happen to an object sitting on top of a speaker if loud music is played through the speaker?

a)

Absolutely nothing would happen to the object.

b)

The object could move due to the vibrations of the sound.

c)

The object could appear a different color because the sound is absorbed.

d)

The object could stop the sound from being transmitted out of the speaker because sound cannot travel through a solid.

24.

Light bounces off and object when it is

a)

reflected

b)

absorbed

c)

refracted

d)

transmitted

25.

Light bends when passing through a new substance is called:

a)

refraction

b)

reflection

c)

absorption

26.

When light continues to pass through an object without changing its path

a)

reflect

b)

transmit

c)

absorb

d)

refract

27.

This is an example of?

a)

Absorb

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Transmition

28.

An object that allows SOME light to pass through, but not all of it. Objects appear fuzzy/blurry on the other side

a)

translucent

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

d)

optical

29.

An object that allows NO light to pass through which creates a shadow behind the object

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

d)

translated

30.

The part of the spectrum that the eye can see is called

a)

rainbow

b)

light spectrum

c)

energy

d)

transparent