Waves, Light, and Sound

This is what you get when sound waves are reflected, or bounce back, off of a hard surface.

• Amplitude

• Pitch

• Volume

• Echo

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Sound travels as a ___________ wave. 

• longitudinal

• transverse

• water

• slinky

If you see an object as orange,

• it is absorbing orange light and reflecting all other colors. 

• it is reflecting all colors. 

• it is absorbing all colors. 

• it is reflecting orange light and absorbing all other colors. 

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If you cannot see through an object, in other words, light does not pass through it,  it is 

• transparent.

• translucent.

• opaque.

• solid.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This type of material allows most light to pass through but forms a blurry image, like looking through a fogged up window.

• opaque

• translucent

• transparent

• echo

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How loud or soft people hear a sound is related to the _________ of the sound wave.

• amplitude

• longitude

• echo

• lens

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Sound intensity is measured in units called ________ named after Alexander Graham Bell.

• tones

• hertz

• amplitudes

• decibels

Which waves have the greatest amount of energy?

• gamma waves

• radio waves

• x-rays

• infrared light

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

The bending of light is called refraction.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The wave of energy we can see is ___________

• visible light

• radio waves

• microwaves

• x-rays