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1. What is the distance between two 6. A ____________ wave is an example of a

consecutive points in phase on a wave longitudinal wave.
called?
A. sound
A. Frequency B. transverse
B. Period C. light
C. Amplitude D. all of these
D. Wavelength

2. Which of the following diagrams have the

highest frequency?

A.

B.

C.

D. 7. The part of the eye that focuses light rays on

the retina is called the _______________
3. A type of mechanical wave in which the wave
energy causes matter in the medium to move A. Lens
up and down or back and forth at right angles B. Pupil
to the direction the wave travels is called a .. C. Iris
D. Cornea
A. Transverse wave
B. Longitudinal wave 8. The clear part of the eye covering the pupil
C. Sound wave and iris that lets light into the eye is called the
D. Heat wave
A. Lens
4. Waves move ________________ B. Pupil
C. Iris
A. Objects D. Cornea
B. Energy
C. Matter 9. The round, dark, center of the eye that opens
D. People and closes to regulate the amount of light that
enters the eye is called the
5. A wave that causes the particles of the _______________
medium to vibrate parallel to the direction the
wave travels. A. Lens
B. Pupil
A. Transverse wave C. Iris
B. Longitudinal wave D. Cornea
C. Light wave
D. Heat wave
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10. The colored part of the eye that widens or
narrows the opening called the pupil to
control the amount of light entering the eye is
called the _____________

A. Lens
B. Pupil
C. Iris
D. Cornea

11. Order how light travels through the eye? 15. Which part of the ear contains tiny hairs that
help translate sound vibrations into electrical
A. Cornea, retina, lens, pupil signals sent to the brain?
B. Lens, retina, pupil, cornea
C. Cornea, pupil, lens, retina A. Eardrum
D. Iris, vitreous humor, cornea, sclera B. Cochlea
C. Hammer
12. Which situation would cause your pupils to D. Anvil
change from small to large?
16. Which of the parts of the ear, listed below,
A. The light got dimmer picks up vibrations and turns them into sound
B. The light got brighter we can hear?
C. The person looked at a distant object
D. The person looked at a closer object A. Pinna
B. Eustachian tube
13. Light is bent as it passes from the air into the C. Ear canal
lens of eyeglasses. This bending is called D. Ear drum
_____________.
17. All of the following are part of the middle ear
A. Reflection EXCEPT for the :
B. Refraction
C. Interference A. Hammer
D. Shifting B. Stirrup
C. Cochlea
14. Which statement best explains why thunder is D. Anvil
heard after lightning is seen?
18. A person produces two sound waves with a
A. Light travels faster than sound flute, one immediately after the other. Both
B. Light travels slower than sound sound waves have the same pitch, but the
C. Thunder is produced by the impact of second one is louder. Which of the following
lightning against the ground properties is greater for the second sound
D. The eye works faster than the ear wave?

A. Frequency
B. Amplitude
C. Wavelength
D. Speed in air

19. A wire is cut into four pieces of different 24. A person becomes deaf due to a part of the
lengths. Each piece is stretched between two ear that sends signals to the brain becoming
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supports to the same tightness. Which of the damaged. What part of the ear would this be?
pieces, shown below, would give the highest
pitch if it were plucked in the middle? A. Drum
A. B. Cochlea
C. Ossicles
B. D. Ear Canal

C. 25. Vocal chords are small bands of muscle

found in the larynx. How do vocal cords
D. create “voice”?

20. What do playing a guitar, banging a drum, A. Light energy

and dropping a pebble in the water have in B. Frequency
common? C. Vibrations
D. Amplitude
A. They all produce light.
B. They all cause vibrations. Cumulative Review
C. They all convert heat to energy.
D. They all need gravity to move. 26. Which material is the best conductor of
electricity?
21. The human ear receives sound waves as
____________ and converts them to signals A. Wood
that are processed by the brain. B. Metal
C. Stone
D. Plastic
A. Electricity
B. Vibrations
C. Pitch 27. The ______ tells you how many protons an
D. Light element has.

22. Sound waves are ________________ A. Electron

B. Atomic mass
A. Transverse C. Atomic weight
B. Longitudinal D. Atomic number
C. Sometimes longitudinal sometimes
transverse 28. Which of the following is NOT an example of
D. Both longitudinal and transverse a physical property?

23. Which part of the ear acts as a funnel to A. Color

collect sound waves and direct them into the B. Molecular weight
ear canal? C. Volume
D. Flammability
A. Outer ear
B. Inner ear
C. Middle ear
D. Eardrum

30. Which of the following is a chemical change?

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A. Crushing a SunDrop can

B. Breaking a glass
C. Cooking an egg
D. Chopping wood
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Answer Key

1. D 6.P.1.1 16. D 6.P.1.3

2. B 6.P.1.1 17. C 6.P.1.3

3. B 6.P.1.1 18. B 6.P.1.3

4. B 6.P.1.1 19. A 6.P.1.3

5. B 6.P.1.1 20. B 6.P.1.1

6. A 6.P.1.1 21. B 6.P.1.3

7. A 6.P.1.2 22. B 6.P.1.3

8. D 6.P.1.2 23. A 6.P.1.3

9. B 6.P.1.2 24. B 6.P.1.3

10. C 6.P.1.2 25. C 6.P.1.3

11. C 6.P.1.2 26. B 6.P.3.3

12. A 6.P.1.2 27. B 5th Grade Review

13. B 6.P.1.2 28. D 6.P.2.1

14. A 6.P.1.1 29. D 6.P.2.3

15. B 6.P.1.3 30. C 6.P.2.3