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Light and Sound Quiz
Vibrations make sound and light lets us see: shadows, mirrors, loud and soft sounds.
- 🎓 Grades 1–2
- 🧪 Science
- 📐 1-PS4-1
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What makes sound?
- A Darkness
- B Vibrations
- C Colors
- D Shadows
What do you feel when you touch your throat while humming?
- A Wind
- B Vibrations
- C Cold
- D Heat
What do we need to see things?
- A Sound
- B Wind
- C Light
- D Water
What forms when an object blocks light?
- A A mirror
- B A rainbow
- C A shadow
- D An echo
Which object makes its own light?
- A The moon
- B A mirror
- C A window
- D A flashlight that is on
What does a mirror do to light?
- A Bounces it back
- B Turns it off
- C Soaks it up
- D Makes it louder
Which material lets almost all light pass through?
- A Wood
- B Clear glass
- C Cardboard
- D Metal
Which material blocks all light?
- A Clear plastic wrap
- B A wooden board
- C Window glass
- D Water in a glass
Wax paper lets some light through. It is…
- A Shiny
- B Opaque
- C Translucent
- D Transparent
What is a sound that bounces back to you called?
- A An echo
- B A whisper
- C A shadow
- D A rainbow
Which sound is loud?
- A A thunderclap
- B A cat purring
- C A whisper
- D A ticking watch
Which sound is soft?
- A A siren
- B A jet plane
- C Leaves rustling
- D A drum
A small bird chirps. Is the sound high or low?
- A High
- B Low
A big drum booms. Is the sound high or low?
- A Low
- B High
How can you make a drum sound louder?
- A Cover your ears
- B Paint it
- C Hit it harder
- D Hit it softer
What happens to a guitar string when you pluck it?
- A It vibrates
- B It melts
- C It stops forever
- D It glows
Why can't you see in a totally dark room?
- A Your eyes are closed by the dark
- B There is no light to reach your eyes
- C Sound blocks your eyes
- D Objects disappear
How did people send messages far away long ago using light?
- A Paper planes
- B Bubbles
- C Fires or flashing signals
- D Whispers
What happens to your shadow when you move closer to a lamp?
- A It gets smaller
- B It disappears
- C It gets bigger
- D It turns colors
Which is a way to use sound to communicate?
- A Turning off the lights
- B Drawing a picture
- C Ringing a bell
- D Closing your eyes
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