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Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Which of the following creates a single color of light?
  1. prism
  2. laser
  3. concave lens
  4. convex lens
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
An area of bunched-up and spread-out air particles that moves outward in all directions from a vibrating object.
  1. Sound wave
  2. Vibration
  3. Pitch
  4. Frequency
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
When something moves, it sends                 waves in all directions.
  1. sound
  2. light
  3. water
  4. sunlight
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Sound can only move through                .
  1. matter
  2. vacuum
  3. water
  4. pitch
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Which is the BEST description of how sound is produced by someone playing a guitar?
  1. The strings produce transverse waves of energy.
  2. The strings transfer energy from the player's hands.
  3. When the strings are plucked, air particles vibrate.
  4. The player's fingers cause air particles to move across the room.
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Loudness is measured in                .
  1. waves
  2. spectrum
  3. frequency
  4. decibels
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
What is the term for an object that separates light into the colors that make it up?
  1. Optical fibers
  2. Lens
  3. Prism
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
What term describes what a frosted glass shower door is?
  1. opaque
  2. translucent
  3. transparent
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Which happens to light when it strikes a mirror?
  1. It bends.
  2. It is absorbed.
  3. It bounces off.
  4. It makes a shadow.
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
A translucent object is one in which
  1. light can travel through undistorted.
  2. some light can travel through.
  3. no light can travel through.
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Which of the following is a characteristic of sound waves?
  1. A medium is necessary for the waves to travel.
  2. The waves are transverse.
  3. Different types can be compared on the electromagnetic spectrum.
  4. They travel faster than other waves.
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
A material that does not allow light to pass through it is                .
  1. transparent
  2. translucent
  3. opaque
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
The                  an object is to the light source, the                  the shadow.
  1. closer, bigger
  2. further, smaller
  3. closer, smaller
  4. further, bigger
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Lenses are tools used for refracting light.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
A homeowner wants to install a skylight to get as much light as possible into a dark upstairs hallway. What kind of glass should she use?
  1. mirrored
  2. translucent
  3. opaque
  4. transparent
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
A                       reflects sound best.
  1. hard, smooth surface
  2. rough, uneven surface
  3. soft, white wall
  4. very hot gas
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
When a prism refracts the light into a rainbow, where do the colors come from?
  1. In the prism
  2. In the white light
  3. In water
  4. In the air
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
A scientist in a sound lab is counting the number of sound wave troughs that pass a point every second. What is she measuring?
  1. amplitude
  2. wave height
  3. wave frequency
  4. wavelength
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
How does light travel?
  1. In a straight line
  2. In a curved line
  3. In waves
Grade 4 Waves and Sound
Which color do we not see in a rainbow?
  1. pink
  2. violet
  3. yellow
  4. indigo
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