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Properties and Characteristics of Light and Sound

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does light travel?

a)

light does not travel

b)

in a straight line until it hits an object

c)

light travels slow

d)

light travels in zigzag

2.

What will happen if light waves bounced off the surface of an object?

a)

it will be absorbed

b)

it will be reflected

c)

it will be refracted

d)

it will be diffused

3.

Which objects reflect light energy?

a)

lens

b)

shiny metals and mirrors

c)

cotton

d)

wood

4.

___________ is a form of energy that we can see with our eyes.

a)

image

b)

reflection

c)

light

d)

waves

5.

An image can be seen in a shiny surface when light is ___________.

a)

refracted

b)

reflected

c)

absorbed

d)

diffused

6.

___________ pass through certain materials like different kinds of lenses.

a)

sound waves

b)

heat

c)

conductor

d)

light waves

7.

Refraction is the ___________ of light as it travels from one type of material to another.

a)

absorbing

b)

scattering

c)

bending

d)

diffusing

8.

The pencil looked __________ when submerged in a glass of water.

a)

the same

b)

bent/broken

c)

smaller

d)

bigger

9.

A lens _________ light.

a)

absorbs

b)

reflects

c)

blocks

d)

refracts

10.

The light travels _________ in the water and the glass than in the air.

a)

faster

b)

slower

c)

denser

d)

quicker

11.
How are light and sound ALIKE?
a)
Both travel as rays
b)
Both can vary in pitch
c)
Both depend on vibrations in air
d)
Both are forms of energy that travel as waves
12.
The frequency of a sound wave determines it _________.
a)
amplitude
b)
energy
c)
pitch
d)
volume
13.
Sally's voice is higher pitched than Lucy's.  Which is true?
a)
Lucy speaks at a higher volume than Sally.
b)
Sally can speak at a higher amplitude than Lucy.
c)
Sally speaks at a greater range of frequencies than Lucy
d)
Sally's vocal cords vibrate faster than Lucy's
14.
The bending of light as it moves from one transparent material to another
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
spectrum
d)
pitch
15.
Volume describes
a)
how high or low a sound is
b)
how loud or quiet a sound is
c)
how long the sound lasts
d)
how beautiful the sound is
16.
A black cat
a)
reflects black light
b)
absorbs all colors of light
c)
reflects all colors of light
d)
reflects white light
17.
_________materials allow some light to pass through, but some light is scattered.
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
d)
concave
18.
______materials do not allow light to pass through.
a)
opaque
b)
transparent
c)
translucent
d)
convex
19.
_________materials allow light to pass straight through
a)
translucent
b)
transparent
c)
convex
d)
opaque
20.
A pink kite ______.
a)
absorbs pink light and reflects the other colors
b)
reflects pink light and absorbs all the other colors
c)
absorbs all the colors
d)
reflects all the colors
21.
Light travels in a ___________ path.
a)
straight
b)
cury
c)
bent
d)
winding
22.
How loud or quiet a sound is
a)
pitch
b)
frequency
c)
spectrum
d)
volume
23.
What does the term pitch describe?
a)
a high point of a wave
b)
how low or high a sound is
c)
how loud or soft a sound is
d)
the matter through which a wave travels
24.
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
25.
a)
reflection
b)
refraction