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Worksheetssound and light review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Astronauts in space cannot talk to each other unless they use a radio to speak back and forth. Why is this?
The air is too thick to carry sound waves efficiently.
The force of gravity is too strong to allow sound waves to travel.
There is no air in space, so there is no medium to carry sound waves
It is very loud in space, so they can only hear each other through a radio.
A fire truck's siren and flashing lights are examples of ________ and ________ energy. Choose two answers.
heat
light
sound
chemical
To stop a drum from producing sound, you would _____.
hit it harder
hit it softer
stop it from vibrating
place it in water
Sound waves travel the fastest through________ .
solids
liquids
gases
Why are sounds not heard in space?
Space is too cold for sound waves to travel
There is too much matter to travel through in space
Space is a vacuum with few particles to travel through.
Energy cannot travel in space.
Sound______ travel through outer space.
does
does not
How does sound energy travel?
in strings
in beams
in pulses
in waves
A form of energy that allows you to see objects is _______.
light
heat
solar energy
vision
Light travels as tiny _______of energy.
particles
vision
A pom-pom launcher ________
transfers kinetic energy to thermal energy
transforms kinetic energy to sound energy
transforms stored energy to energy of motion
transfers energy of motion to stored energy
