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03/22/23 LIGHT AND SOUND QUIZ

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Wavelength
Amplitude
Crest
Trough
2.

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

3.

When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?

a)

Crest

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

4.

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Crest

d)

Trough

5.

What state of matter allows sound to travel the slowest?

a)

Doesn't Matter

b)

Solid

c)

Liquid

d)

Gas

6.

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Period

c)

Frequency

d)

Longitudinal

7.

What type of material is pictured?

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

8.

A (a)   is a transparent material that separates white light into its component colors.

9.

What is being pictured?

REFLECTION, REFRACTION, OR SHADOW

(a)  

10.

Which type of lens is pictured?

a)

convex

b)

concave

11.

What type of material is pictured?

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

12.
To increase volume
a)
amplify
b)
vibration
c)
molecules
d)
pitch
13.
SOME light passes through an object
a)
translucent
b)
transparent
c)
opaque
d)
shadow
14.
This creates HIGH and LOW sound waves
a)
pitch
b)
vibration
c)
amplify
d)
sound
15.
Back and forth movement in air bouncing off molecules
a)
vibration
b)
sound
c)
amplify
d)
pitch
16.
The SHORTER the wavelength the _________ the sound.
a)
Higher
b)
Lower
c)
Louder
d)
More annoying
17.
What form of energy travels in straight lines?
a)
Light
b)
Heat
c)
Motion
d)
Hello!
18.
What do you call the straight lines light travels through?
a)
Rays
b)
Beams
c)
Prisms
d)
Segments
19.
The major source of light is
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
Fire
d)
iPhone
20.
_____________ happens when a light ray hits a surface and bounces off.
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Subtraction
d)
Addition
21.
The dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Shadow
d)
Ghost
22.

Which best describes what is happening in the diagram?

a)

Light is refracted

b)

Light is reflected

c)

Light is absorbed

d)

Nothing is happening

23.

Lena looks through the curtains in her window. She can tell that it is daylight, but she cannot see the tree outside the window. Which term describes Lena’s curtains?

TRANSPARENT, TRANSLUCENT, OR OPAQUE

(a)  

24.
We measure sound in...
a)
Decimals
b)
Decibles
c)
Frequency 
d)
Amplitude
25.

Which property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Amplitude
Wavelength
Crest
Trough
26.

Match the following

a)
1.

high pitch, soft sound

b)
2.

low pitch, soft sound

c)
3.

high pitch, loud sound

d)
4.

low pitch, loud sound

27.

Frequency determines ​ (a)   . Amplitude determines ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
pitch
volume
28.

Match the following

a)

How high or low a sound is

1.

pitch

b)

How loud or soft a sound is

2.

volume

c)

caused by vibrations

3.

sound

29.

Match the following

a)
1.

Transparent

b)
2.

Translucent

c)
3.

opaque

30.

How are shadows formed?

a)

Darkness....

b)

Magic

c)

are formed when light shines on an opaque object which blocks the light rays.

d)

are formed when a flashlight shines on any object which blacks light rays.

31.

DRAW A PICTURE OF MS. EPPS