SUMMATIVE TEST #3

Direction: Read the questions carefully and choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following describes refraction?

A. turning back of waves B. meeting of sound waves
C. bending of waves around edges of barriers D. changing the speed and direction of waves
2. Speed of sound depends on the __________.
A. pressure of the medium B. temperature of the medium
C. temperature of source producing sound D. temperature and humidity of the medium
3. If light passes through two different types of mediums, it will do what?
A. Reflect B. Refract C. Absorb D. Diffuse
4. What does light do when it hits a smooth, flat surface?
A. Reflect B. Refract C. Absorb D. Diffuse
5. Which room temperature of air does sound travel faster?
A. 20 0C B. 23 0C C. 25 0C D. 28 0C
6 If someone is wearing a black shirt in the sunshine, what will the black do to the light?
A. Reflect it B. Absorb it C. Refract it D. Diffuse it
7. The data of air temperature of the four cities at the same time:
Metro Manila 29 0C Cebu City 27 0C
Davao City 26 C Butuan City 25 0C
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Which city does sound travel the fastest?

A. Butuan City B. Cebu City C. Davao City D. Metro Manila
8. If light strikes a mirror at a 50⁰ angle, what angle will it come off of the mirror?
A. 50⁰ B. 70⁰ C. 45⁰ D. 30⁰
9. A sound wave travels through the air and hits a glass of water. Which of the following happens when the sound wave moves
from the air into the glass?
A. It gets louder. B. It gets quieter. C. It travels faster. D. It travels slower.
10. What might explain why light travels in a straight line?
A. If there is nothing to interfere with light waves, they should travel in a straight line.
B. Light waves will always travel in a straight line, even if they come into contact with another object.
C. Light waves don't travel in a straight line.
D. Light waves travel in a straight line because sound waves travel in a straight line.
11. Concerts usually take place during night time where everyone has a chance to see and to enjoy the live show. Why does sound
contribute to the concert schedule?
A. Sound is more audible at night due to minimal noise.
B. Sound propagates faster in air at night than at day time.
C. Sound is heard well in far areas during nighttime than during daytime.
D. Sound changes and refracts when it encounters a medium of different density.
12. A ray of light passes through a glass block. When it passes through the glass, it changes direction. Which of the refracted rays
A, B, C or D is most likely to leave the glass block?
A. A B. B
C. C D. D
Figure 2.

13. A student at a concert notices that a balloon near the large speakers moving slightly towards, then away from the speaker
during the low-frequency passages. The student explains this phenomenon by noting that the waves of sound in air are
__________ waves.
A. longitudinal B. latitudinal C. transverse D. electromagnetic
14. The ukulele is a short instrument, relative to a guitar. How does this affect the frequencies of sounds that these two instruments
produce? Assume the two instruments use the same strings.
A. The shorter length creates a lower speed of sound
B. The shorter length creates a higher speed of sound
C. The shorter length strings produce higher frequencies
D. The shorter length strings produce lower frequencies
15. Combining red and green light (with equal intensity) makes ____ light; combining red and blue light (with equal intensity) makes
____ light; and combining blue and green light (with equal intensity) makes ____ light. Choose the three colors in respective order.
A. brown, purple, aqua B. brown, magenta, yellow
C. yellow, magenta, brown D. yellow, magenta, cyan
Activity 1
The dancing salt and the moving beads!

Objectives:
At the end of the activity, you will be able to infer that:
1. sound consists of vibrations that travel through the air; and
2. sound is transmitted in air through vibrations of air particles

Procedure:
Part A: Vibrations produce sound

1. Prepare all the materials needed for the activity. Make sure that you find a work area far enough
from other groups.
2. Put the plastic tightly over the open end of the large can and hold it while your partner puts the
rubber band over it.
3. Sprinkle some rock salt on top of the plastic.
4. Hold the small can close to the salt and tap the side of the small can with the ruler as shown in
Figure 4.

Q1. What happens to the salt?

5. Try tapping the small can in different spots or holding it in different directions. Find out how you
should hold and tap the can to get the salt to move and dance the most.
Q2. How were you able to make the salt move and dance the most?
Q3. What was produced when you tapped the small can? Did you observe the salt bounce or
dance on top of the plastic while you tapped the small can?
Q4. What made the salt bounce up and down?
Q5. From your observations, how would you define sound?
6. Switch on the transistor radio and position the speaker near the large can. Observe the rock salt.
7. Increase the volume of the radio while it is still positioned near the large can. Observe the rock salt
again.
Q6. What happened to the rock salt as the loudness is increased?
Q7. Which wave characteristic is affected by the loudness or the intensity of sound?