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WorksheetsWaves Review (St. Pat's Themed)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 12mins
When St. Patrick was ridding Ireland of snakes, it was a bright sunny day after a fresh rain. What light phenomena might he see that is caused by the bending of light through water droplets?
Aurora Borelalis
The Northern Lights
Prism
Rainbow
Leprechauns are said to keep their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. What causes this light phenomenon?
The bending of light through water droplets
Light that is diffracted through clouds
Light that reflects on the clouds
Nothing, there is no pot of gold
Mickey McLeprachaun left his door open. He could clearly hear his sister's radio. What phenomenon caused him to hear this?
The radio waves stopped and bounced off the walls
Diffraction of sound waves
Reflected sound waves
Nothing, he just has excellent hearing
Susie McLeprechaun wants to know about diffraction of waves. Can you Match the following to teach her?
Diffraction of Light
Light Reflection
Sound Diffraction
Light Refraction
Susie McLeprachaun
Mickey and Susie McLeprechaun went for a walk. They decided to stop and press their ear to the ground to see what they could hear. In the distance they realized they could hear loud train noises, why?
Darren and Susie heard their own footsteps
Noise travels quickly through solid matter such as the ground
Sound can echo off the clouds
Sound waves can not travel, therefore it was their imagination
Susie's teacher, Mr. McPatrick , says sound can be reflected in the form of an echo when it______.
Travels through a liquid such as pool water
Bends around an object such as a raindrop
Bends around an object such as doorway
Bounces of a solid object such as a canyon wall
Help Mickey and his friends match the science vocabulary to the correct picture.
Visible Light
Radio Waves
X-Ray
Ultra Violet Rays
Infra Red Waves
Mickey told Susie that the bouncing back of a light wave is called (a) . Susie said she enjoys seeing this at the beach.
Susie was explaining to Mickey that if light strikes a surface and is then ____________to that surface material, it is called absorption.
(a)
Please help Susie and Mickey McLeprachaun organize the types of waves into the correct categories.
Sound Wave
Radio Wave
Microwave
Visible Light
Seismic Wave
Compressional
