Light
Sound
Communication
Light Vocabulary
Sound Vocabulary
100

How does light travel?

straight line

100

Sound is caused by _________.

vibrations

100

Morse code used what to communicate over long distances on ships long ago?

light

100

An object that lets no light through.

opaque

100

When something moves back and forth very fast (causes sound).

vibrations

200
This is the reason we can see things around us.
What is light reflecting off of them
200

Faster or slower vibrations change what about a sound.

pitch

200

A telegraph used what to communicate over long distances?

sound

200

An object that lets almost all light through.

transparent

200

How high or low a sound is.

pitch

300

These types of objecs only allow only some light to pass through.

translucent

300

Changing the size of vibrations changes what about a sound?

volume

300
Name something that uses sound to communicate.

phone

300

When light bounces off an object like a mirror.

reflect

300

How loud or soft a sound is.

volume

400
Name two materials that are opaque.
What is cardboard, wood, concrete, metal, etc.
400

A sound wave can cause other objects to vibrate.  True or false

True

400

Name something that uses light to communicate.

traffic lights, subtitles

400

An object that lets some light through.

translucent

400

The part of the ear that vibrates when sound waves hit it.

Ear drum

500

The reason you see only the color green when you look at an object.

What is the object is absorbing all of the colors except green (or it is only reflecting green).

500

Some musical instruments do not use vibrations to make their music.  True or false

False

500

Name something that uses both light and sound to communicate.

emergency vehicles

500

When light bends as it goes through an object like a water drop or prism and sometimes causes a rainbow to appear.

refract

500
On a guitar, why do the strings each have different pitches?

They are different thicknesses.