How Do We See?
Properties of Waves
Electromagnetic Spectrum
How do we Hear?
Random Facts From The Year
100

What do we need in order to see things?

Light

100

What are The TWO types of Mechanical Waves?

Transverse and Longitudinal

100
Where can electromagnetic waves travel that mechanical waves cannot?

SPACE

100
What type of waves are sound waves?


**Bonus 50 points if you name both names for it** 

Longitudinal (Compressional)

100

Where does Mr. Parsons Work outside of Teaching?

**Bonus 50 Points if you can name the department I work in**

Lowe's

Lumber Department

200

What are the three words we use to describe an object when light hits it. 

**Hint**

All Light Passes Through- 

Some Light Passes Through- 

No Light Passes Through-

Transparent

Translucent

Opaque

200

Label the following parts of a wave. 

1. Wavelength

2. Crest

3. Trough

4. Amplitude

200

The electromagnetic spectrum consists of what type of wave?

Transverse

200

When an object makes a sound, it ___________.

Vibrates back and forth
200

Mr. Parsons is never mad, He is just _________

Disappointed
300
What happens when light waves hit a one-way mirror?
About half of the light passes through the one way mirror and the other half reflects off of the half-silvered material. 
300

Mechanical Waves require ___________ in order to travel. 

A Medium/Matter

300
What do the letters of ROY G. BIV stand for?

The colors of the visible light spectrum

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green 

Blue

Indigo

Violet

300

List the three types of matter and order them based on how quickly sound travels through them.

Fastest

Solid

Liquid 

Gas

Slowest

300

In the Light Phenomenon video, what was the name of the Music Student?

Pete

400

List 5 Parts of the Eye

Cornea

Lens

Iris

Pupil

Sclera

Retina

Aqueous Humor

Vitreous Humor

Optic Nerve

And More...


400

Volume= __________

Pitch= __________

Volume= Amplitude

Pitch= Frequency

400

The waves of the electromagnetic spectrum are classified (ordered) based off of their ________

Frequency

400

What are the 3 tiny bones in the ear called that amplify the sound waves to the cochlea. You can use the scientific terms or the nicknames. 

Hamer (Malleus)

Anvil (Incus)

Stirrup (Stapes)

400

Who is the Famous Singer who Mr. Parsons based his missing work wall off of? 

**Bonus 50 points per person if you sing the chorus to the song its based off of**

Kelly Clarkson

Since You've Been Gone

500

Explain IN AT LEAST 5 Steps, the path light takes that explains how we see the water bottle in the front of Mr. Parsons' Room

Possible Answer

1. Light leaves the sun (Light Source)

2. Light TRANSMITS through the classroom window

3. Light REFLECTS off of the water bottle

4. Light passes through the pupil and onto the Retina in the back of the Eye

5. The optical Nerve sends signal to the brain. 

500

What is the relationship between Frequency and wavelength?

**Hint** "The higher the frequency, ____________

The Higher the frequency of a wave, the closer the waves are together so the shorter the wavelength.

500

What are the 7 types of waves that fall under the electromagnetic spectrum. 

**Bonus 100 points if you can label them from lowest frequency to highest frequency**

Radio

Microwave

Infrared

Visible Light

Ultraviolet

X-Ray

Gamma Ray

500

Explain IN AT LEAST 4 steps, what happens that allows us to hear a guitar being played from across the room. 

Multiple Possible Answers, but to get credit you must include...

- Sound source creates a vibration

- Sound waves vibrate the medium between the sound source and the person

- Sound waves reach the person's ear and enter it.

- Sound waves travel through ear and to the brain. 

500
How many times do they say "Bill" in the intro song to Bill Nye the Science Guy. (closest answer without going over wins)

28 Times

Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill
Bill Nye the Science Guy
(Science rules)
Bill Nye the Science Guy
(Inertia is a property of matter)
Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill
(T-minus seven seconds)
Bill Nye the Science Guy