Light
Sound
Light/Sound/Colors
Vocab1
Vocab2
Misc.
State Test Questions
100
True or False: Light is a form of energy.
True
100
Sound can travel through these mediums
gas, liquid, solid
100
Light travels in a ____ line until it reaches an object or a new medium.
straight
100
When waves reach a new medium and bounce back
Reflection
100
how loud or soft a sound is
volume
100
this is the unit which measures how loud or soft a sound is
Decibels (dB)
100
B
200
True or False. If false, provide a correction to make the statement true.
Visible light is white light which is all of the wavelengths (colors) of light combined together.
True
200
B. Sound travels faster in solids than gases.
200
Use the marker to circle the wavelength of light that would reflect off of this apple.
Yellow ray (3rd from the top, under red and orange)
200
When waves reach a new medium and change direction (bend).
Refraction
200
how high or low a sound is
pitch
200
Which travels faster, light or sound?
light
200
D
300
When light reaches a new medium through which it cannot transmit, it creates.....
shadows
300
Pitch can be changed by how fast an object ______. Objects that vibrate slowly produce ______ pitches while objects that vibrate quickly produce ______ pitches. Changing the __________ changes the pitch.
vibrates
low
high
speed of vibration
300
C
300
A material that allows all light to pass through
transparent
300
the ability to do work or cause change
energy
300
Which can travel through a vacuum: light, sound, or both?
light
300
D
400
Identify what behavior of light each of the following picture shows.
Hint: You may not use all 4 behaviors.
black box: absorption
glass of water & pencil: refraction
mirror: reflection
prism: refraction
400
After reading the graph titled "Instrument Pitch" which shows the pitch of each instrument (A, B, C, and D) place the instruments in order of fastest vibration to slowest vibration. 
Fastest (1) to Slowest (4)
1. D (violin)
2. A (viola)
3. C (cello)
4. B (bass)
According to the graph, D has the highest pitch. The higher the pitch, the faster the vibrations. After D, A has the next highest pitch, then C. B has the lowest pitch which means it vibrates the slowest.
400
Changing this changes the pitch of a sound-- BE SPECIFIC, THE MOST CORRECT ANSWER
speed/rate of vibrations
400
A material that allows some light to pass through
translucent
400
the material through which a wave travels
medium
400
Label the wave with the following: Light wave, Sound Wave, amplitude, wavelength.
Transverse: Light Wave
Compression Wave: Sound Wave
Amplitude = height
Wavelength = distance from crest to crest or trough to trough
400
white
metallic
500
Place the following materials in the order they would heat up when exposed to direct light. Where the TOP would heat up the MOST and the BOTTOM would heat up the LEAST.
*assume they were all heated for the same amount of time, by the same source*
smooth black paper
rough white paper
smooth white paper
rough black paper
rough black paper
shiny black paper
rough white paper
shiny white paper
**Shine = reflection. Reflection is the opposite of absorption. If light can't absorb then it can't turn into heat.
500
Extended Response: Using your understanding of energy in the form of sound, describe what is happening in the picture below. Make sure you are using R.A.C.E. and your scientific vocabulary.
The person is yelling "Hello!" which is creating sound by vibrating the air particles in the medium around him. These air particles vibrate the air particles near them which allows the compression wave to travel outwards away from the person. When the wave reaches the mountain, it reflects or bounces back to the person which allows him to hear his "Hello!" a second time. This is called an echo.
500
Match the behaviors of sound (letters) with the phenomenon/outcome (numbers) it creates
A. absorption
B. reflection
C. transmission
1. echoes
2. hearing through walls/closed doors
3. decreased volume
A. Absorption --> 3. Decreased volume
B. Reflection --> 1. Echoes
C. Transmission --> Hearing through walls/closed doors
500
In your own words, define the word opaque and give an example of an opaque object.
An object that no light passes through or that is completely not see through.
Example: Door, clothes, walls
500
Using the correct 2 behaviors of light, explain why you would wear sunglasses on a sunny day rather than regular glasses or no glasses.
Sunglasses allow some light to transmit through them so you can still see through them like regular glasses but they absorb some light so it makes your eyes more comfortable on a bright day. If all the light was absorbed, you wouldn't see. If all the light transmitted, it would be super bright & uncomfortable.
500
When sound travels, it travels in a _________ until it reaches a new ______ or it runs into an object.
Sound can only behave three ways when reaching a new medium. When sound _______ back to the original speaker, you get an echo. When sound is ______, such as by screaming into a pillow, the volume of the original sound decreases. Lastly, unless the room is sound-proof, sound can even _____ through solid surfaces.
straight line
medium
reflects
absorbed
transmit
500
D
600
Place the correct temperature in the correct space in the table.
25oC
30oC
Final Temperature 1: 30
Final Temperature 2: 25
600
Tell me which state of matter sound travels fastest through AND explain WHY sound travels fastest through that medium.
Solid because sound has to have atoms/particles to vibrate and in a solid those atoms/particles are tightly packed together. The tighter the atoms/particles are packed together, the easier they are to vibrate and the faster the compression wave can travel.
600
In detail, using your Science vocabulary, and your full understanding of color, explain why this apple appears red.
To understand why the apple is red, we must first understand that light energy is created by all of the colors of visible light combining. Each color has a different wavelength. When white light hits the apple, all of the wavelengths except for red are absorbed into the apple and so our eye does not receive them. The red wavelength is reflected back to our eyes and is the only wavelength our eye receives and so we see the apple as red.
600
Word Association!
Through examples or sentences you must associate/link the following words:
Really, think about using them all in a sentence or paragraph.
Light, Transmit, Translucent.
Light is a type of energy. When most but not all of the light transmits through an object that object is considered translucent.
Light can partially transmit through translucent objects.
600
Word Association!
Through examples or sentences you must associate/link the following words:
Really, think about using them all in a sentence or paragraph.
Sound, energy, volume.
Sound is a type of energy that travels as a compression wave. When you add more energy to the item you are making sound with its volume increases. When you add less energy the volume decreases.
High energy results in high volume sounds. Low energy results in low volume sounds.
600
Light travels in a ________ until it reaches a new _____ or runs into an object.
When this happens, light can behave four different ways. The first is how we see things such as color, when light _______. The second is something only light can do and it is how we see rainbows. This is called ______. The third is why you might choose to wear shoes when walking on the blacktop on a hot summer day. When light _____ it causes that surface to _____ and can be dangerous to walk on. The last is when light _____ through transparent objects such as glass.
straight line
medium
reflects
refraction
absorbs
heat up
transmits
600
Lots of answers. Basically, make sure that you pick a different color of light (NOT white) for the flashlight and a different color of glass.
Example: blue light, red or green glass, blue light, red or green glass
What you CAN'T do: white light in the flashlight, clear glass, match the glass color to the light, or change the color of the beam.
Ex: Red light, red glass
Ex: White light, blue glass
Ex: Red light, blue glass, green light, clear glass
Ex: White light, clear glass, green light, clear glass