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Sound and light revision

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all the examples that show uses of light energy

a)

The sound coming out of a speaker

b)

The warmth you feel in a hot day

c)

Heating water by using the Sun's rays

d)

Using a flashlight when it is dark

2.

A solar cell is a __________________

a)

an electromagnetic radiation.

b)

device that uses light from the Sun to produce electricity.

c)

tiny particle of energy.

3.

What is a medium?

a)

The substance where energy travels.

b)

A back and forth motion.

c)

It is matter.

4.

Select the media where sound can travel

a)

Solid

b)

Vacuum

c)

Liquid

d)

Gas

5.

Light can travel __________________

a)

only with a medium.

b)

with or without a medium.

c)

only without a medium.

6.

What travels the fastest in vacuum?

a)

Sound

b)

Electricity

c)

Light

7.

Which is the main source of light energy on Earth?

a)

Lamp

b)

Bulb

c)

Sun

d)

Chandelier

8.

what is a another for word for mandmade light

a)

artifcial light

b)

handmade light

c)

pepole who made light

d)

men that make human made light

9.
The back and forth (or side to side motion of a wave) is called...
a)
Transverse wave
b)
Longitudinal wave
c)
Sound wave
d)
Electromagnetic wave
10.

why is sound faster under water than on land ?

a)

water particals are packed more densly causing a better sound

b)

because water is more quiet and you can hear better

c)

because there is no loud sounds in the water but on land there is alot sounds and you won,t be able to hear easilly

d)

because water has more particls that sound can vibrate and you will be able to here very cleary of the partcils vibrateing .

11.

Sound travels the fastest through a ____________.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

none of them

12.

The back and forth motion

a)

pitch

b)

amplitude

c)

vibration

13.

A form of energy that allows you to see objects is ______.

a)

sound

b)

light

c)

chemical

d)

thermal

14.

Soundwaves travel through a substance called a

a)

tranverse

b)

medium

c)

beginning

15.

To stop a drum from producing sound, you would _________.

a)

hit it harder

b)

hit it softer

c)

stop it from vibrating

16.

This turns light energy into electricity

a)

light panels

b)

thermal energy

c)

windmills

d)

solar cells

17.

Which is the fastest form or energy

a)

sound

b)

light

c)

thermal

d)

nuclear

18.

A fire truck's siren and flashing lights are examples o______ and ______ energy.

a)

light

b)

thermal

c)

sound

d)

chemical

19.

Astronauts in space cannot talk to each other unless they use a radio to speak back and forth. Why is this?

a)

The air is too thick to carry sound waves efficiently.

b)

The force of gravity is too strong to allow sound waves to travel.

c)

There is no air in space, so there is no medium to carry sound waves.

d)

It is very loud in space, so they can only hear each other through a radio.

20.

Sound energy is a type of

a)

energy in motion

b)

potential energy

c)

stored energy

d)

no energy

21.

The different forms of radiations all together are known as

a)

electrons

b)

electromagnetic spectrum

c)

lidar

d)

solar panels

22.

A waves of vibration that spread from it is source

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Frequency

d)

Pich

23.

sound waves cannot travel in

a)

Air

b)

Water

c)

Vacuum

24.

________________ is energy in the form of vibrations.

a)

Volume

b)

Amplitude

c)

Sound

25.

Sound cannot travel through

a)

Solids

b)

Liquids

c)

Empty space

d)

Gas

26.

True or false. Only sound energy travels in waves.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

What type of wave is sound?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

28.

What types of energy a match on fire have

a)

Chemical and elastic

b)

Heat and Light

c)

Heat and chemical potential

d)

Heat and sound

29.
Sound travels through solids.
a)
True
b)
False
30.

Sound can’t travel through liquids.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Sound travels through gas.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Sound is caused by?

a)

friction

b)

vibrations

c)

instruments

33.
What is vibration?
a)
how loud a sound is
b)
the back and forth movement of matter
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the loudness or softness of a sound
34.

Vibrations produce _______ energy.

a)

chemical

b)

sound

c)

potential

d)

light

35.

We receive ________ and heat energy from the Sun.

a)

sound

b)

stored

c)

light

d)

kinetic