WorksheetsLight and Sound Close Reading Quiz
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 8mins
Match the following
Perspectiva
published in 1270
Nicholas Krebs
constructed spectacles for the nearsight
Banu Musa Brothers
invented mechanical musical instrument
Leonard Digges
invented surveying telescope
Sun
primary source of light on Earth
In 1570, Dutch scientist ____ __________ invented the astronomy telescope which Galileo modified to increase magnification to 30X in 1609.
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____ _________ explained the formation of a rainbow, as well as the formation of clouds in 1638.
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In 1604, ________ _____ described how the eye focused light and showed that light intensity decreased as the square of the distance from the source, a concept known as the Inverse Square Law.
(a)
In 1900, Max Planck proposed that radiant energy comes in little bundles called ______, later called _______.
(a)
In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton discovered that white light was made of many _____ and that the colors could be separated using a _____.
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He invented the telephone
Leonard Digges
Nicholas Krebs
Hans Lippershey
Alexander Graham Bell
He invented the phonograph
Johannes Kepler
Max Plack
Isaac Newton
Thomas Edison
He proposed that light consisted of particles that travel in straight lines through space.
Alexander Graham
Thomas Edison
Max Planck
Isaac Newton
