NAME :

CLASS :
HEAT, LIGHT AND SOUND ENERGY
10 Questions DATE :

1. Rex is building a campfire. He starts with wood, lights the fire, and uses the fire to roast a
marshmallow. What type of energy causes the marshmallow to brown?

A light B sound

C magnetic D heat

2. A lamp is switched on and the bulb begins to glow. Which types of energy are being
released?

A magnetic and sound B sound and light

C heat and light D heat and magnetic

3. Guitars are built to control which type of energy?

A sound B light

C heat D magnetic

4. ___________ is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.

A Wavelength B Frequency

C Pitch

5. ________ is the distance between a point on one wave and a similar point on the next
wave.

A pitch B wavelength

C frequency

6. Sound cannot travel through __________.

A empty space B metal

C air D water
 7. What form of energy must travel through matter (solid, liquid, gas)

A sound energy B light energy

no form of energy can travel through

C both light and sound energy D
matter

8. A piece of glass that separates white light into its different wavelengths is called a
___________

A prism B mineral

C crystal

9. _________________ is the bending of light when it passes into a new medium.

A Absorption B Reflection

C Refraction

10. What happens during refraction of light as it passes through a prism?

Light bends and separates into individual

A B All of the light bounces off the prism.
colors.

Different colors of light combine into All the colors of light bend in the same
C D
white light. way.