Distance and Time Heat and Matter
1. The unit used to measure time in the 11. Heat can be defined as: a) Energy
metric system is: a) Kilogram that makes particles move faster
b) Hour b) A type of matter
c) Second c) The process of cooling down
d) Meter d) A force that pushes things
2. What is the unit used to measure 12. Which of the following is an
distance? a) Second example of a good conductor of
b) Meter heat? a) Air
c) Kilogram b) Wood
d) Liter c) Water
3. A car travels 100 kilometers in 2 d) Metal
hours. What is its average speed? a) 13. Which type of material prevents heat
200 km/h transfer? a) Conductor
b) 50 km/h b) Insulator
c) 100 km/h c) Reflector
d) 2 km/h d) Gas
4. How do you calculate the time it 14. What happens when you heat a
takes to travel a certain distance? a) solid? a) It turns into a gas
Distance × Speed b) It becomes colder
b) Distance ÷ Speed c) The particles move faster
c) Speed ÷ Distance d) The solid stops existing
d) Speed × Time 15. What is the process by which heat is
5. If you walk 60 meters in 12 seconds, transferred through liquids and
what is your speed? a) 5 m/s gases? a) Conduction
b) 6 m/s b) Convection
c) 4 m/s c) Radiation
d) 10 m/s d) Reflection
16. Which of the following is a good
Speed insulator? a) Wood
b) Copper
6. Speed is calculated by dividing: a) c) Glass
Time by Distance d) Aluminum
b) Distance by Time 17. Which of the following is NOT a
c) Speed by Time good conductor of heat? a) Metal
d) Time by Speed b) Water
7. If a plane flies 150 kilometers in 3 c) Air
hours, what is its speed? a) 50 km/h d) Rock
b) 150 km/h 18. When a metal spoon is placed in hot
c) 100 km/h water, the spoon gets hot. This is an
d) 200 km/h example of: a) Convection
8. Which of the following is NOT a b) Conduction
unit of speed? a) m/s c) Radiation
b) km/h d) Evaporation
c) miles per hour 19. The process by which heat is
d) Kilogram transferred without the movement of
9. A cyclist rides 40 kilometers in 2 matter is called: a) Convection
hours. What is their speed? a) 20 b) Conduction
km/h c) Radiation
b) 10 km/h d) Insulation
c) 80 km/h 20. What happens to the molecules in a
d) 40 km/h substance when it absorbs heat? a)
10. If a car moves at a constant speed of They move more slowly
80 kilometers per hour, how far will b) They stop moving
it travel in 4 hours? a) 400 kilometers c) They vibrate and move faster
b) 320 kilometers d) They become solid
c) 240 kilometers
d) 160 kilometers
Light and Matter Sound and Matter
21. What happens when light passes 31. Sound travels through: a) Water only
through a prism? a) It gets absorbed b) Air only
b) It reflects back c) Solids, liquids, and gases
c) It bends and forms a spectrum of d) Vacuum only
colors 32. Sound is produced by: a) Light
d) It speeds up vibrations
22. Which of the following is a source of b) Electrical signals
light? a) A lamp c) Mechanical vibrations
b) A mirror d) Chemical reactions
c) The moon 33. The unit used to measure the pitch of
d) A shadow sound is: a) Decibels
23. Which of the following materials b) Hertz
does light pass through the least? a) c) Meters
Transparent materials d) Kilograms
b) Opaque materials 34. Which of the following materials is
c) Translucent materials the best conductor of sound? a) Air
d) Reflective materials b) Metal
24. What is the term used for bending c) Water
light as it passes from one material to d) Wood
another? a) Reflection 35. Sound waves are examples of: a)
b) Refraction Electromagnetic waves
c) Diffusion b) Mechanical waves
d) Dispersion c) Radio waves
25. What color of light has the longest d) Light waves
wavelength? a) Red 36. Which of the following increases the
b) Blue pitch of a sound? a) Lower frequency
c) Green b) Higher frequency
d) Violet c) Larger amplitude
26. Which of the following allows light d) Longer wavelength
to pass through partially? a) 37. What part of the ear converts sound
Transparent material vibrations into electrical signals? a)
b) Opaque material Cochlea
c) Translucent material b) Eardrum
d) Reflective material c) Ear canal
27. What happens when light hits a d) Ossicles
rough surface? a) It is reflected 38. What is the unit used to measure the
b) It is absorbed loudness of sound? a) Hertz
c) It is scattered b) Decibels
d) It is refracted c) Meters
28. What color of light has the shortest d) Joules
wavelength? a) Red 39. Sound travels fastest through: a) Air
b) Blue b) Water
c) Green c) Steel
d) Violet d) Vacuum
29. The speed of light in a vacuum is 40. The highness or lowness of a sound
approximately: a) 300,000 meters per is called its: a) Amplitude
second b) Frequency
b) 300,000 kilometers per second c) Pitch
c) 30 kilometers per second d) Volume
d) 30 meters per second 41. The bouncing of sound waves off a
30. What is the term for when light is surface is called: a) Reflection
bounced back from a surface? a) b) Refraction
Reflection c) Absorption
b) Refraction d) Diffusion
c) Absorption 42. What is the speed of sound in air at
d) Diffraction room temperature? a) 340 m/s
b) 1500 m/s
c) 100 m/s
d) 3000 m/s
43. Sound waves need a medium to
travel through, meaning they cannot
travel through: a) Water
b) Air
c) Solids
d) Vacuum
44. Which of the following is true about
sound? a) Sound travels faster in a
vacuum than in air
b) Sound travels faster in solids than
in liquids and gases
c) Sound can travel without a
medium
d) Sound travels only in liquids
45. The loudness of sound is related to:
a) Frequency
b) Amplitude
c) Wavelength
d) Speed
46. What part of the ear collects sound
waves? a) Eardrum
b) Ear canal
c) Cochlea
d) Ossicles
47. Which of the following will cause a
sound to be louder? a) A decrease in
frequency
b) A decrease in amplitude
c) An increase in amplitude
d) A decrease in pitch
48. Which of these is a source of sound?
a) A microwave
b) A speaker
c) A light bulb
d) A fan
49. The speed of sound is fastest in: a)
Air
b) Water
c) Steel
d) Vacuum
50. The ability of sound to travel around
corners is called: a) Reflection
b) Diffraction
c) Refraction
d) Absorption
Answer Key:
1. c) Second 25. a) Red
2. b) Meter 26. c) Translucent material
3. b) 50 km/h 27. c) It is scattered
4. b) Distance ÷ Speed 28. d) Violet
5. b) 5 m/s 29. b) 300,000 kilometers per second
6. b) Distance by Time 30. a) Reflection
7. a) 50 km/h 31. c) Solids, liquids, and gases
8. d) Kilogram 32. c) Mechanical vibrations
9. a) 20 km/h 33. b) Hertz
34. b) Metal
10. b) 320 kilometers 35. b) Mechanical waves
11. a) Energy that makes particles move 36. b) Higher frequency
faster 37. a) Cochlea
12. d) Metal 38. b) Decibels
13. b) Insulator 39. c) Steel
14. c) The particles move faster 40. c) Pitch
15. b) Convection 41. a) Reflection
16. a) Wood 42. a) 340 m/s
17. c) Air 43. d) Vacuum
18. b) Conduction 44. b) Sound travels faster in solids than
19. c) Radiation in liquids and gases
20. c) They vibrate and move faster 45. b) Amplitude
21. c) It bends and forms a spectrum of 46. b) Ear canal
colors 47. c) An increase in amplitude
22. a) A lamp 48. b) A speaker
23. b) Opaque materials 49. c) Steel
24. b) Refraction 50. b) Diffraction
