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Sound and Light Quiz
Help Harrison, Nikau and Tane investigate sound and light around a theme park. Read each situation and choose, match or explain your answer. You do not need any equipment.
Investigate
Think about how light and sound behave in these theme park situations.
1.At the park’s fireworks display, Harrison sees a flash and then hears the bang. Which travels faster: light or sound?
2.Nikau shines a torch towards a mirror. What happens to some of the light that hits the mirror?
- It is reflected
- It turns into sound
- It disappears because mirrors absorb all light
- It travels only through the mirror
3.Tane rings a handbell beside a pond. True or false: sound can travel through water as well as through air.
TrueFalse
4.Match each theme park item to what it mainly does: sun, torch, bell, mirror.
- Sun
- Torch
- Bell
- Mirror
- Artificial source of light
- Reflects light
- Makes sound when it vibrates
- Natural source of light
5.A quiet ride stops in a place with no air at all. The bell ringing outside is separated from the rider by a vacuum, with no solid or liquid path connecting them. Could the rider hear the bell? Explain why or why not.
6.Harrison claps his hands near a microphone. What is vibrating to create the sound?
- The clapping hands and the surrounding air
- Light from the sun
- The microphone’s shadow
- Nothing; sound does not involve movement
7.Nikau places a pencil in a clear glass of water and it looks bent at the surface. What happens to light as it moves between water and air?
8.The park has a solar-powered sign. Is the Sun a source of light? Give one other example of a source of light.
9.At the parade, a loudspeaker plays music. Can people see the sound waves travelling through the air with their eyes? Explain briefly.
10.A silent torch is switched on in a dark tunnel. True or false: the torch produces both light and sound just because it is switched on.
TrueFalse
11.Tane says, “We hear because our ears detect vibrations.” Is his explanation correct? Add one detail about how sound reaches the ears.
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