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Waves Review (St. Pat's Themed)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Aurora Borelalis

b)

The Northern Lights

c)

Prism

d)

Rainbow

2.

Leprechauns are said to keep their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. What causes this light phenomenon?

a)

The bending of light through water droplets

b)

Light that is diffracted through clouds

c)

Light that reflects on the clouds

d)

Nothing, there is no pot of gold

3.

Mickey McLeprachaun left his door open. He could clearly hear his sister's radio. What phenomenon caused him to hear this?

a)

The radio waves stopped and bounced off the walls

b)

Diffraction of sound waves

c)

Reflected sound waves

d)

Nothing, he just has excellent hearing

4.

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

5.

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?

a)

Darren and Susie heard their own footsteps

b)

Noise travels quickly through solid matter such as the ground

c)

Sound can echo off the clouds

d)

Sound waves can not travel, therefore it was their imagination

6.

Susie's teacher, Mr. McPatrick , says sound can be reflected in the form of an echo when it______.

a)

Travels through a liquid such as pool water

b)

Bends around an object such as a raindrop

c)

Bends around an object such as doorway

d)

Bounces of a solid object such as a canyon wall

7.
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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

8.

Mickey told Susie that the bouncing back of a light wave is called​ (a)   . Susie said she enjoys seeing this at the beach.

Choose from the below words
reflection
refraction
diffraction
9.

Susie was explaining to Mickey that if light strikes a surface and is then ____________to that surface material, it is called absorption.

(a)  

Choose from the below words
transferred
absorbed
reflected
10.

Please help Susie and Mickey McLeprachaun organize the types of waves into the correct categories.

Categorize the following

Sound Wave

Radio Wave

Microwave

Visible Light

Seismic Wave

Compressional

Transverse
Logitudinal