What is Light?
Properties of Light
Light & Sound Pollution
What is Sound?
Properties of Sound
100

Light travels in straight paths called these.

What are light waves?

100

This happens when light bounces off a surface.

What is reflection?

100

Too much artificial light is called this.

What is light pollution?

100

Sound is created when something does this.

What is vibrate?

100

Echoes are caused by this property of sound.

What is sound reflection?

200

This is the term for something that produces light.

What is a light source?

200

This happens when light passes through an object and bends.

What is refraction?

200

Light pollution can cause this problem for nocturnal animals.

What is disrupting their ability to hunt, navigate, or function at night?

200

This is the term for how many vibrations occur per second.

What is frequency?

200

Soft materials like carpet, curtains, and foam are good at doing this to sound.

What is absorbing sound?

300

This is the name for light produced by living things in nature, like fireflies or jellyfish.

What is natural light?

300

This happens when light hits an object and does not reflect or refract.

What is absorption?

300

Name one of the three health effects that noise pollution can have on humans. 

What are heart disease, stress, or sleep disruptions?

300

This describes the quality of a sound as high or low.

What is pitch?

300

This is the term for any disruptive sound that negatively affects living things.

What is noise pollution?

400

The speed of light is this many kilometres per second.

What is 300 000 km per second?

400

A material that allows all light to pass through is called this.

What is transparent?

400

The Moon is not a light source because it does this instead of producing its own light.

What is reflecting light from the Sun?

400

Amplitude is the distance between these two parts of a sound wave.

What are the peak and the trough?

400

Exposure to sounds over this decibel level can cause Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. (Possible answers: 55dB, 85 dB, 105 dB)

What is 84 dB?

500

This is the difference between natural and artificial light.

What is that natural light comes from things in nature, while artificial light comes from human-made objects powered by electricity or gas?

500

a) A material that allows only some light through is called this

b) A material that allows no light through is called this.

What are:

a) translucent and b) opaque?

500

This is why light pollution makes it hard to see stars at night.

What is that artificial light drowns out the natural light from stars / creates too much background brightness?

500

Sound amplitude is measured in these units.

What are decibels (dB)?

500

This is how bats and dolphins use sound waves to determine where objects are in their environment.

What is echolocation?