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Year 9 Science: Sound and Light revision

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is light?

a)

What we see with our eyes

b)

A form of energy that travels in waves

c)

A form of work that reflects

d)

Light is colours

2.

Which tool can be used to separate white light into different colours?

a)

Mirror

b)

Camera

c)

Prism

d)

Hammer

3.

The colours that make up white light are called what?

a)

Prism

b)

Visible spectrum

c)

Energy waves

d)

Colours

4.

What does a lens do?

a)

Refracts light

b)

Magnifies light

c)

Takes pictures

d)

It doesn't do anything

5.

What three things can light rays travel through?

a)

Solids, liquids, gases

b)

Air, outer space, water

c)

Humans, plants, animals

d)

Everything

6.

What is the eye an example of?

a)

A stimulus

b)

A sense organ

c)

A relay neurone

d)

An organ

7.

Which part of the eye controls the amount of light entering the eye?

a)

The cornea

b)

The iris

c)

The retina

d)

The optical nerve

8.

Two parts of the eye that are involved in focusing are...

a)

The lens and cornea

b)

The lens and retina

c)

The cornea and optic nerve

d)

The retina and optic nerve

9.

Which is not true about sound?

a)

The eardrum can be permanently damaged by loud sounds

b)

Soft materials are good sound absorbers

c)

Light travels much faster than sound

d)

As a car accelerates the pitch of the engine decreases

10.

Sound cannot travel in space because...

a)

Distances are too great

b)

Space is too cold

c)

There is no air in space

d)

This statement is not true. Sound does travel in space

11.

The ear does the following jobs

a)

Collects sounds

b)

Processes sounds

c)

Sends sound signals to your brain

d)

All of these answers

12.

The bigger the vibration when an object vibrates

a)

The louder the sound it makes

b)

The high pitched noise it makes

c)

The bigger its frequency

d)

The quieter the sound it makes

13.

What is the function of the middle ear?

a)

Transforms sound waves into vibrations

b)

Collect sound waves

c)

Transmit vibrations to the brain

14.

What is the function of the inner ear?

a)

Collect sound waves

b)

Transforms sound waves into vibrations

c)

Transmit vibrations to the brain

15.

The image shows an example of

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Penumbra

d)

A broken straw