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3rd 9 Weeks Science Flashcards

5.2 Sound
5.3 Light

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5.2 - What is a force that squeezes something?Compression
5.2 - What is the material through which energy is transmitted?Medium
5.2 - What is a form of energy produced from vibrating matter?Sound
5.2 - What is a vibration passing through a medium?Wave
5.2 - What is the top of a wave called?Crest
5.2 - Sound travels best through which type of medium?Solid
5.2 - What is the number of vibrations in a given time?Frequency
5.2 - What is the capacity to do work?Energy
5.2 - What is determined by a sound waves frequency?Pitch
5.2 - What is a back and forth motion called?Vibration
5.2 - What is the distance from one compression to another called?Wavelength
5.2 - What length tube would produce a high pitch?Short
5.2 - Sound that has a high frequency has what type of pitch?High Pitch
5.2 - Sound travels slowest through __________.Gases
5.2 - How does a guitar make sound?Vibrating Strings
5.2 - How do drums make sound?Vibrating skin
5.2 - Sound that has low pitch has a __________ frequency.Low
5.2 - Sound cannot travel through a __________.Vacuum (space)
5.2 - Which instruments use a vibrating reed to make sound?Woodwinds
5.2 - How does a piano make sound?Vibrating Strings
5.3 - What is something that does not let light pass through?Opaque
5.3 - Waves bouncing off a surface is called what?Reflection
5.3 - What is a band of colors arranged by wavelength called?Spectrum
5.3 - What is something that allows all light to pass through?Transparent
5.3 - What are the colors of a spectrum in order?Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo & Violet
5.3 - What is the top of a wave called?Crest
5.3 - What takes light and refracts it into a spectrum?Prism
5.3 - What is the bending of light waves called?Refraction
5.3 - What is something that allows some light to pass through?Translucent
5.3 - The only wavelengths of light that humans can see is called the __________.Visible Light
5.3 - What is the distance from one crest to another?Wavelength
5.3 - What is the low part (bottom) of a wave called?Trough
5.3 - Which color of visible light has the longest wavelength?Red
5.3 - What type of wave does not need a medium to pass through?Light
5.3 - Unlike sound, light travels in straight paths called __________.Rays
5.3 - What is a spectrum that forms when light passes through water droplets in the sky?Rainbow
5.3 - Which color of visible light has the shortest wavelength?Violet
5.3 - Compare the speed of light to the speed of sound?Faster
5.3 - Name a type of light that cannot been seen and has a very short wavelength.Ultraviolet, X-Rays


Phenix PreK-8 School
Hampton , VA

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