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Sound & Light Waves

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which TWO types of waves require a medium to be transmitted?

a)

ocean

b)

light

c)

sound

d)

x-ray

2.

What is it called when light AND/OR sound waves bounce off a solid surface and return back to the source?

a)

Absorption

b)

Refraction

c)

Reflection

d)

Transmission

3.

Typically, sound will travel fastest in a –

a)

solid

b)

gas

c)

liquid

d)

plasma

4.

Light waves are relayed through transparent or see-through materials, like windows.

Choose the best vocabulary word that describes when waves pass through or are sent forward through a medium (solid, liquid, or gas):

a)

Refraction

b)

Absorption

c)

Reflection

d)

Transmission

5.

A sound engineer is working with a singer that is having a hard time maintaining an accurate PITCH. How can the engineer change the sound wave to fix this?

a)

Change the sound wave’s Intensity

b)

Change the sound wave’s frequency

c)

Change the sound wave’s volume

d)

Change the sound wave’s amplitude

6.

The sound engineer received a recording of a new artist, but the artist isn’t singing with enough volume to hear their voice over the instruments.

How can the engineer fix this issue?

a)

Increase the sound wave’s frequency

b)

Increase the sound wave’s Amplitude

c)

Decrease the sound wave’s Refraction

d)

Change the sound wave’s crest

7.

Sound waves are created by the ______________ of particles in different mediums (solids, liquids, gases)

a)

vibrations

b)

compressions

c)

rarefactions

d)

electromagnetism

8.

Which light wave will appear the brightest?

a)

#1 because it has a higher amplitude

b)

#2 because it has a lower amplitude

c)

They will be equally bright

d)

Light waves do not indicate brightness

9.

Which wave model shows the structure of a Sound Wave?

a)

The Longitudinal wave because the wave travels parallel (side to side) from the source of the vibration

b)

The Longitudinal wave because the wave travels perpendicular (up and down) to the source of the vibration

c)

The Transverse wave because the wave travels parallel (side to side) from the source of the vibration

d)

The Transverse wave because the wave travels perpendicular (up and down) to the source of the vibration.

10.

ALL wave type shave one thing in common, what they transfer...

a)

light

b)

sound

c)

water

d)

energy