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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true for sound waves?
They require a medium.
They are unrelated to vibrations.
They cannot travel through liquids
They can travel in a vacuum
- 2. Multiple Choice
How do electromagnetic and mechanical waves compare?
Mechanical waves can only travel through a vacuum, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas.
Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a gas.
Mechanical waves can only travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.
Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a solid.
- 3. Multiple Choice
A student asks a series of questions about a wave. The answer to which question will allow the student to determine whether the wave is electromagnetic or mechanical?
Does it require a medium in order to travel?
Can it pass through air and water?
Does it have a measurable speed?
Does it have a measurable frequency?
- 4. Multiple Choice
A student asks a series of questions about a wave. The answer to which question will allow the student to determine whether the wave is electromagnetic or mechanical?
Does it require a medium in order to travel?
Can it pass through air and water?
Does it have a measurable speed?
Does it have a measurable frequency?
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the term used to describe the maximum distance that a sound wave displaces air molecules from their original undisturbed position?
Amplitude
Speed
Frequency
Wavelength
- 6. Multiple Choice
A student is measuring the distance between the crest and the rest position of both a mechanical wave and an electromagnetic wave. Which question is the student trying to answer?
What is the speed of the waves?
What is the amplitude of the waves?
What is the wavelength of the waves?
What is the frequency of the waves?
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which distance represents the wavelength?
W
X
Y
Z
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which distance represents the amplitude?
W
X
Y
Z
- 9. Multiple Choice
What do radio waves, microwaves, X-rays, and gamma rays all have in common?
They all have the same wavelength.
They are electromagnetic waves.
They are detected in the same way.
They store the same amount of energy.
- 10. Multiple Choice
How many wavelengths separate point A and point B?
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
- 11. Multiple Choice
Point A represents what?
Trough
Midpoint
Crest
node
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of wave is pictured below?compressional wavetransverse wavesound wavemechanical wave
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWaves are a transfer of what?HeatLightEnergyFood
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAmplitude reflects the amount of ____________________ in a wave.energycompressionrarefactionspeed
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe units for frequency are measured in _____________.hertzsecondsm/sm
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"amplitudecresttroughwavelength
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe highest point on a wave is:the crestthe troughthe topthe coast
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe lowest point on a wave is the:AmplitudeCrestTroughWavelength
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:frequencyperiodlongitudinaltransverse wave
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe type of waves that require medium to pass:Mechanical WavesElectromagnetic Waves
- 21. Multiple Choice
Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from low to high energy
Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio
Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio
Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energyGamma RaysRadio WavesVisible LightInfrared rays
- 23. Multiple Choice
How are electromagnetic waves different from other waves?
They have very short wavelengths
They transmit energy instead of matter
They can travel through the vacuum of space (without particles)
They can change direction by reflection
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest frequency?
gamma ray
infrared wave
visible light wave
microwave
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which is true about the speed of radio waves compared to light waves? They are...
less energy & frequency, but still the SAME speed as the speed of light (300,000,000 m/s)
less energy & frequency, so LESS than the speed of light (300,000,000 m/s)
smaller wavelength, so LESS than the speed of light (300,000,000 m/s)
more energy & frequency, so MORE than the speed of light (300,000,000 m/s)
- 26. Multiple Choice
Wavelength and Frequency are related in that...
they are always the same
when one increases, the other decreases (inversely proportional)
there is no correlation
they both vary in an irregular pattern
- 27. Multiple Choice
High frequency in EM waves equals
high energy and short wavelength
high energy and long wavelength
low energy and short wavelength
low energy and long wavelength
- 28. Multiple Choice
The _______________ determines the color of visible light.
wavelength (and frequency)
speed
amplitude
particles of the medium
- 29. Multiple Choice
Put the visible light colors in order from SHORTEST wavelength (highest frequency) to longest wavelength (lowest frequency)
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
- 30. Multiple Choice
All electromagnetic waves are...
transverse waves and have the same frequency
transverse waves and have the same speed
mechanical waves and have the same wavelength
longitudinal waves and have the same energy
- 31. Multiple ChoiceLight travelsaround cornersin a straight line
- 32. Multiple ChoiceLight bounces when it isreflectedabsorbedrefracted
- 33. Multiple ChoiceLight bends when it isrefractedreflectedabsorbed
- 34. Multiple Choicemirrorabsorbsreflectsrefracts
- 35. Multiple Choicesmooth, shiny surfacesreflectrefractabsorb
- 36. Multiple Choicesunglasses and tinted windowsrefractionabsorptionreflection
- 37. Multiple Choicerainbowlight is reflectedlight is refractedlight is absorbed
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhich images are opaque?A & CA,C,E, & FD, E, & FA & E
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhen a rainbow is formed outside naturally, what causes the light to refract?A. Small raindropsB. Sunlight raysC. Tiny mirrorsD. Glass prisms
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhich explains why the fork looks different under water?light can't pass through the glassthe wavelength of light lengthensthe amount of light increases when going through waterlight is refracted at an angle
- 41. Multiple ChoiceSmooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.reflectbendabsorbtwist
- 42. Multiple ChoiceOpaque means...No light passes through itAll light passes through itSome light passes through it
- 43. Multiple ChoiceBlurs light as it passes throughTransparentTranslucentOpaqueRefraction
- 44. Multiple ChoiceAllows most light througheflectionRefractionTranslucentTransparent
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWhat do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?tuning forkprismmicroscopegraduated cylinder
- 46. Multiple Choice
which is a transparent object
glass
copper
iron
steel
- 47. Multiple Choice
Which travels faster?
sound
light
water
- 48. Multiple ChoiceWhat is being blocked when a shadow is formed?Light SourceLight PathObjectEye
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThe three primary colors of light areRed, Blue, YellowPink, Green, BlueViolet, Green, RedBlue, Green, Red
- 50. Multiple ChoiceWhy does an apple appear red?All colors are absorbed & none are reflectedAll colors are absorbed except for blue, which is reflectedAll colors are reflected and none are absorbedAll colors are absorbed except for red, which is reflected
- 51. Multiple ChoiceHow does light travelIt curves around cornersReally slowIn a straight lineIn circles
- 52. Multiple ChoiceWhich color reflects the least light?BlackWhiteBlueRed
- 53. Multiple ChoiceSunlight isnot light at allred lightyellow lightwhite light
- 54. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the best reflector of light?LensMicroscopeMirrorPrism
- 55. Multiple ChoiceLight enters this part of the eye first.RetinaCorneaLensCones
- 56. Multiple ChoiceHumans can see colors because of these photo receptor cells in the Retina calledrodsoptic cellsconessclera
- 57. Multiple ChoiceObjects that reflect ALL colors will appear _____?BlackWhiteGrayMulti-colored
- 58. Multiple ChoiceObjects that ABSORB all colors of light will appear _______.whiteblackmulti-coloredgray
- 59. Multiple ChoiceIf you are using a green color filter, what color will you only see?bluegreenwhitered
- 60. Multiple ChoiceIf you are using a red color filter, blue objects will appear what color?purpleblueredblack
- 61. Multiple ChoiceWhy can we sometimes see only parts of the moon?The path of light can only reach half of the moon at a time.The path of light from Earth to the Sun is blocked.The moon is partially eaten by giant zombie rodents, but it can regrow.Our brain just wants to make things up to confuse us.
- 62. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following would not reflect light?MirrorWaterGlassesBrick Wall
- 63. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of a model in science?To make science look cool.To explain a phenomena or process.To make a topic interesting.To explain vocabulary.
- 64. Multiple ChoiceWhat percentage of colors makes white light?100% of red, green, and blue100% of red, blue, and yellow0% of red, green, and blue50% of all colors
- 65. Multiple ChoiceWhich term describes when light bounces off of a smooth surface?RefractionTransmissionAbsorptionReflection
- 66. Multiple ChoiceA girl in her bedroom saw her sister break her mother's lamp in the living room. Explain how this could be possible.The girl can see through the wall.The girl can see her sister, because light can bend.The girl can see her sister because of a reflective surface in the kitchen.Since there is light in the living room and bedroom, she is able to see.
- 67. Multiple ChoiceWhat two colors make purple?Red and WhiteRed and BlueRed and GreenRed and Black
- 68. Multiple Choice
Images in a plane mirror are
real
larger
same size
smaller
- 69. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirrorcontinues moving through the mirror in the same directionmoves into the mirror at a slightly different anglebounces off the mirror toward the direction it came frombounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.
- 70. Multiple ChoiceWhy do you not see an image when light reflects off a rough surface?because not enough light is not reflectedbecause the reflection is regularbecause the reflection is diffusebecause the law of reflection does not apply
- 71. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the angle of incident?Angle 1Angle 2
- 72. Multiple ChoiceAn image that you can see when you look into a mirror, but does not really exist is called which of the following?Real ImageFake ImageVirtual ImageDigital Image
- 73. Multiple Choicea real image...is produced by virtual rays and can be projected on a screenis produced by real rays and cannot be projected on a screenis produced by virtual images and cannot be projected on a screenis produced by real rays and can be projected on a screen
- 74. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an image called that forms when light rays actually meetvirtual imagereal imagediffuse reflectionregular reflection
- 75. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an image called that forms where light seems to come fromvirtual imagereal imagediffuse reflectionregular reflection
- 76. Multiple ChoicePlane mirrors always produce ______Real imagesVirtual Images
- 77. Multiple Choice
The ray of light that strikes a mirror
Reflected Ray
Incidence Ray
Angle of Incidence
Angle of Reflection
- 78. Multiple Choice
The ray that bounces off the mirror.
Angle of Reflection
Incidience Ray
Reflected Ray
Angle of Reflection
- 79. Multiple Choice
The angle between the incident ray and the normal. (X on the diagram)
Angle of X-Ray
Angle of Reflection
Angle of Incidence
Angle of Normal
- 80. Multiple Choice
The angle between the reflected ray and the normal (labelled Y on the diagram).
Angle of Incidence
Angle of Reflection
Angle of Normal
Angle of Light
- 81. Multiple Choice
An imaginary line that is drawn at a right angle (90 degrees) to a mirror (Green line)
Reflection Ray
Normal
Incidence Ray
Light Ray
- 82. Multiple Choice
Given that the angle of incidence = 30 degrees
Which is the correct diagam?
A
B
C
D
- 83. Multiple Choice
A ray of light is incident towards a plane mirror at an angle of 30-degrees with the mirror surface. What will be the angle of reflection?
30°
60°
90°
120°
- 84. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following waves in the electromagnetic spectrum has the highest energy?Radio WavesUltraviolet RaysGamma RaysInfrared Waves
- 85. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following electromagnetic waves has the longest wavelength?Infrared WavesUltraviolet RaysVisible LightGamma Rays
- 86. Multiple Choice
A image is formed when rays
intersect
are parallel
are diffuse
are absorbed
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