Waves Review (St. Pat's Themed)

When St. Patrick was ridding Ireland of snakes, it was a bright sunny day after a fresh rain. What light phenomena might he see that is caused by the bending of light through water droplets?

• Aurora Borelalis

• The Northern Lights

• Prism

• Rainbow

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Leprechauns are said to keep their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. What causes this light phenomenon?

• The bending of light through water droplets

• Light that is diffracted through clouds

• Light that reflects on the clouds

• Nothing, there is no pot of gold

Mickey McLeprachaun left his door open. He could clearly hear his sister's radio. What phenomenon caused him to hear this?

• The radio waves stopped and bounced off the walls

• Diffraction of sound waves

• Reflected sound waves

• Nothing, he just has excellent hearing

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Susie McLeprechaun wants to know about diffraction of waves. Can you Match the following to teach her?

• Light Refraction

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• Diffraction of Light

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• Light Reflection

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• Susie McLeprachaun

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• Sound Diffraction

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Mickey and Susie McLeprechaun went for a walk. They decided to stop and press their ear to the ground to see what they could hear. In the distance they realized they could hear loud train noises, why?

• Darren and Susie heard their own footsteps

• Noise travels quickly through solid matter such as the ground

• Sound can echo off the clouds

• Sound waves can not travel, therefore it was their imagination

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Susie's teacher, Mr. McPatrick , says sound can be reflected in the form of an echo when it______.

• Travels through a liquid such as pool water

• Bends around an object such as a raindrop

• Bends around an object such as doorway

• Bounces of a solid object such as a canyon wall

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Help Mickey and his friends match the science vocabulary to the correct picture.

• Infra Red Waves

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• Radio Waves

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• X-Ray

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• Ultra Violet Rays

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• Visible Light

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Mickey told Susie that the bouncing back of a light wave is called​ (a)   . Susie said she enjoys seeing this at the beach.

• reflection
• refraction
• diffraction

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Susie was explaining to Mickey that if light strikes a surface and is then ____________to that surface material, it is called absorption.

(a)  

• transferred
• absorbed
• reflected

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Please help Susie and Mickey McLeprachaun organize the types of waves into the correct categories.

Groups:

(a) Transverse

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(b) Logitudinal

• Microwave

• Compressional

• Radio Wave

• Sound Wave

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• Visible Light

• Seismic Wave

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