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Light and Sound Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

-- is a form of energy that travels through the air

a)

energy

b)

wave

c)

sound

d)

volume

2.

Sound travels through the air as waves

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A sound that bounces off a surface is called an --

a)

loud sound

b)

repeat

c)

echo

d)

quiet sound

4.

Which way best describes how light moves?

a)

in circles

b)

slowly

c)

straight line

d)

faster through opaque objects

5.

How high or low a sound is

a)

frequency

b)

vibration

c)

volume

d)

pitch

6.

What is light?

a)

a form of energy

b)

bright stuff

c)

a form of sound

d)

a form of excitement

7.

Why does a straw look broken when you put it in a cup of water?

a)

It is being reflected.

b)

It is being refracted.

c)

It is broken.

d)

The colors are being separated.

8.

Which one is an example of light being reflected?

a)

Seeing yourself in a mirror

b)

Lighting a candle

9.

We see a red t-shirt because . . .

a)

Red light is absorbed and the other colours are reflected.

b)

Red light is refracted.

c)

Red light is reflected and the other colours are absorbed.

d)

Like stop signs, red means stop, and the red light stops at our eye.

10.

A piece of glass that separates white light into its different wavelengths is called a ___________

a)

crystal

b)

mineral

c)

prism

d)

rock

11.

Which material is NOT translucent?

a)

Brick

b)

Tissue paper

c)

Thin sheet of plastic

12.

What is volume?

a)

how high or low a sound is

b)

the loudness or softness of a sound

c)

the number of vibrations per second

d)

vibrations

13.

Why does a megaphone make it easier to hear sound?

a)

It is a cone, and just like ice cream cones, people get louder around it!

b)

It makes the energy get bigger.

c)

Like a funnel, it focuses the sound waves in a direction so that the sound waves are scattered in fewer directions.

d)

This is false; megaphones do not help us to hear.

14.

the number of vibrations per second?

a)

vibration

b)

volume

c)

pitch

d)

frequency

15.

When an object blocks the path of light, what is formed?

a)

a problem

b)

a shadow

c)

a reflection

d)

a fog

16.

When an object moves closer to a light source, it's shadow...

a)

gets smaller

b)

gets bigger

c)

changes shape

d)

stays the same size

17.

Sounds are made out of..

a)

ears

b)

vibration

c)

nerves

18.

Which of these mean that some light can travel through, but not all?

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

opaque

19.

What is the main source of light?

a)

Light bulb

b)

Moon

c)

Candle light

d)

Sun

20.

Sound can travel through...

a)

space

b)

a vacuum

c)

solid, liquid, or gas

d)

a solid, and liquid only