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100

Which medium (material) does sound travel fastest through?

A.  Water
B.  Air
C.  Solids
D.  Space (Vacuum)

C.  Solids

100

What is the speed of light?

A. 186,000 miles per second
B. 110,000 feet per second
C. 220,000 miles per hour
D. 5280 feet per mile

A. 186,000 miles per second

100

Who discovered that the Visible Light Spectrum could be separated by refraction?

A. Albert Einstein
B. Issac Newton
C. Neils Bohr
D. Dmitri Mendeleev

B. Issac Newton

100

When an object appears black that means what?

A. All colors are reflected by the object
B. All colors are absorbed by the object
C. No colors are absorbed or reflected

B. All colors are absorbed by the object

100

What color are Mickey Mouse's shoes?

A. Black
B. White
C. Yellow
D. Red

C. Yellow

200

A high amplitude would create what type of sound?

A.  Loud Sound
B.  Quiet Sound
C.  High Pitch Sound
D.  Low Pitch Sound

A.  Loud Sound

200

What is it called when light "bounces back"?

A.  Refraction
B.  Rarefraction
C.  Radiation
D.  Reflection

D.  Reflection

200

True or False:
Humans can see visible light, UV rays, and microwaves of the electromagnetic spectrum.


False
200

What are the primary colors of pigments?

A. Orange, Yellow, Green
B. Red, Yellow, Blue
C. Blue, Green, Violet
D. Yellow, Green, Blue

B. Red, Yellow, Blue

200

XBOX is owned by what company?

A.  Apple
B.  Microsoft
C.  Nintendo
D.  Sony

B.  Microsoft

300

Which of the following would create the highest pitch?

A.  A person with a "deep voice"
B.  A hoot of an owl
C.  A whistle
D.  A bass guitar

C.  A whistle

300

What is a material that does not allow light to pass through?

A. Transparent
B. Translucent
C. Opaque
D. Colorant 

C. Opaque

300

The most harmful waves to humans on the electromagnetic spectrum are what type?

A. Long waves
B. Short waves
C. Light waves
D. All waves

B. Short waves

300

A mixture of the primary colors of pigments will produce what?

A.  White
B.  Brown
C.  Black
D.  Green

C.  Black

300

What is the name of the van from Scooby-Doo?

A.  The Mystery Machine
B.  The Speed Machine
C.  The Cruisin' Van
D.  The Fast Van

A.  The Mystery Machine

400

What is determined by the number of compressions and rarefactions a sound wave has?

A. Wavelength
B. Frequency
C. Amplitude
D. Crest

B. Frequency

400

What happens to light that passes through a prism?

A. It refracts
B. It reflects
C. It combined
D. It absorbed 

A. It refracts

400

What is the visible and invisible radiations received by planet earth called?

A. Radiation Spectrum
B. Color Spectrum
C. Electromagnetic Spectrum
D. Nuclear Spectrum

C. Electromagnetic Spectrum

400

What are the primary colors of light?

A.  Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
B.  Orange, Yellow, Red
C.  Red, Yellow, Blue
D.  Red, Green, Blue

D.  Red, Green, Blue

400

Which country eats the most chocolate per person?

A.  United State of America
B.  India
C.  Italy
D.  Switzerland

D.  Switzerland

500

What part of the sound wave has molecules that are far apart?

A.  Trough
B.  Wavelength
C.  Compression
D.  Rarefraction

D. Rarefraction

500

What color would you get when you mix blue and yellow light together?

A.  White
B.  Black
C.  Green
D.  Magenta

A.  White

500
Which are the longest and shortest waves of the visible light spectrum?


A. Red & Violet
B. Blue & Yellow
C. Black & White
D. Cyan & Magenta

A. Red & Violet

500

Why is red the last color seen at sunset?

A.  It is bent the most by the air.
B.  It is bent by raindrops.
C. It reflects off the atmosphere.
D. It is scattered the least by the air.

D. It is scattered the least by the air.

500

Which trophy is presented to the baseball team that wins the World Series called?

A.  Stanley Cup
B.  Tripple Crown
C.  Vince Lombardi Trophy
D.  Commissioner's Trophy

D.  Commissioner's Trophy