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How can waves cause objects to move?
a) Waves are a type of energy. So, when a wave carrying energy moves through a substance, it can cause an object to move.
b) Waves cause objects to move by carrying matter, not energy.
c) Waves cause objects to move because they are moving.
d) Waves are matter.

Describe what occurs when light interacts with transparent objects.
a) When light interacts with transparent materials, like windows, it passes completely through.
b) When light interacts with translucent materials, like sunglasses, only some of the light passes through.
c) When light interacts with opaque materials, like a tree, none of the light passes through and it creates a shadow.
d) I do not know.

Describe what occurs when light interacts with translucent objects.
a) When light interacts with transparent materials, like windows, it passes completely through.
b) When light interacts with translucent materials, like sunglasses, only some of the light passes through.
c) When light interacts with opaque materials, like a tree, none of the light passes through and it creates a shadow.
d) I do not know.

Describe what occurs when light interacts with opaque objects.
a) When light interacts with transparent materials, like windows, it passes completely through.
b) When light interacts with translucent materials, like sunglasses, only some of the light passes through.
c) When light interacts with opaque materials, like a tree, none of the light passes through and it creates a shadow.
d) I do not know.

What is white light made up of?
a) Pink, red, blue, indigo, yellow, silver, and gold
b) Green, turquoise, pink, purple, teal, and red
c) Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
d) No colors, just white light.

How do waves allow us to see objects as different colors? Support your claim with evidence.
a) White light is made up of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet light. As the white light reflects off of obje
b) White light is made up of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet light. Whenever the red light reflects off an
c) White light is only made up of white light.
d) White light is only made up of black light.

What three things are needed in order for humans to see light?
a) First, there has to be a light source, such as the sun. Then, all the colors of ROY G. BIV will reflect (or bounce) off an ob
b) First, there has to be a vibration. Then, the sound waves have to move through a medium, such as air, water, or solid objects
c) We see light because our eyes create light from the sun.
d) We hear sound because our ears create sound.

What three things are needed in order for humans to hear sound?
a) First, there has to be a light source, such as the sun. Then, all the colors of ROY G. BIV will reflect (or bounce) off an ob
b) First, there has to be a vibration. Then, the sound waves have to move through a medium, such as air, water, or solid objects
c) We hear sound because our ears create sound.
d) We see light because our eyes create light from the sun.

What is the crest of a wave?
a) The angle of a wave.
b) The side of a wave.
c) The bottom of a wave.
d) The top of a wave.

What part of the wave is the trough?
a) The bottom of the wave.
b) The top of the wave.
c) The side of the wave.
d) I do not know.

What is the amplitude of a wave?
a) The width of a wave.
b) The height of a wave from rest to crest.
c) The top of a wave.
d) The bottom of a wave.

What is the wavelength of a wave?
a) The height of a wave.
b) The top of a wave.
c) The distance between two waves.
d) The bottom of a wave.

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