Science Quiz: Light and Sound

1. When a light beam bounces off a surface it is said to be:

a. refracted
b. transmitted
c. reflected
d. absorbed

2. What happens to a beam of light as it passes from air to water?

a. moves at a faster speed

b. continue to move straight
c. it will bend
d. it cannot pass through water

3. Which material would reflect the most visible light?

a. a green leaf
b. an orange
c. a black wall
d. a white shirt

4. Which of the following will absorb the most light?

a. an opaque object
b. a metal object
c. a black object
d. a transparent object

5. A black object absorbs which colour of light?

a. no colour
b. every colour
c. black
d. white

6. What do you get if you combine all of the colours in visible light?

a. rainbow
b. bright light
c. white light
d. super light

7. What does it mean to reflect?

a. bounce off
b. refract
c. to bend
d. fly

8. What does it mean to refract?

a. bounce off
b. curve outward
c. to bend
d. reflect
9. White light is made up of how many colours?

a. 1
b. 5
c. 7
d. 3

10. Light travels in _________.

a. waves
b. packs
c. sound
d. thunder

11. Which travels faster, light or sound?

a. light
b. sound
c. they have same speed
d. I am faster than them

12. What do light and sound have in common?

a. They both can be seen

b. The both are able to travel through outer space
c. They are both forms of energy
d. They both need a medium in order to travel

13. A series of vibrations you can hear is:

a. amplitude
b. sound
c. pitch
d. speed of sound

14. What produces sound?

a. applying a force to an object

b. causing an object to vibrate
c. shining light on an object
d. heating an object

15. What do you see when water droplets refract sunlight?

a. thunderstorm
b. rainbow
c. eclipse
d. your future

16. Sound travels fastest through

a. solids
b. gases
c. liquids
d. empty space
17. Which letter represents amplitude?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

18. Which wave has a greater frequency?

a. A
b. B

19. Frequency is measured in units called

a. amps
b. nodes
c. hertz
d. volume

20. _______ describes how loud a sound is.

a. amplitude
b. frequency
c. pitch
d. vibration

21. _________ is determined by sound wave’s frequency.

a. compression
b. loudness
c. pitch
d. vibration

22. _________ is how high or low we listen a sound.

a. pitch
b. amplitude
c. frequency
d. I don’t know
23. A fly flaps its wings back and forth 200 times each second. Calculate the frequency of a wing flap.

a. 200 Hz
b. 0.05 Hz
c. 0.5 Hz
d. 0.005 Hz

24. If 10 waves pass every second, what is the frequency?

a. 10 Hz
b. 60 Hz
c. 0.2 Hz
d. 0.1 Hz

25. If 6 waves pass in 2 seconds, what is the frequency?

a. 6
b. 3
c. 0.25
d. 0.33

26. A kangaroo completes 2 hops in 4 seconds. What is the period of the hops?

a. 0.5
b. 6
c. 2
d. 8

27. In the diagram, which letter represents the angle of incidence?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

28.

a. 45 degree
b. 30 degree
c. 60 degree
d. 90 degree

*1 wrong, 50 push-ups/squats* Good luck!