Common Entrance Science - Light, Sound and Space

Question 1

Refraction is….

Accepted Answer

light bending

Question 2

What is a very large group of stars with gas and dust that are held together by gravity called?

Accepted Answer

galaxy

Question 3

Where does light come from?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 4

What planet has the tallest mountain in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 5

A toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of colored glass.

Accepted Answer

kaleidoscope

Question 6

Sound waves that are louder have...

Accepted Answer

greater amplitude

Question 7

Which of the following are NOT part of the Solar System?

Accepted Answer

Galaxies

Question 8

Some sounds are loud, some are quiet. The loudness of a sound is called...

Accepted Answer

Volume

Question 9

Saturn is the biggest planet in the solar system.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What daily phenomenon does the gravitational pull of the moon cause on Earth?

Accepted Answer

tides

Question 11

Saturn is the ...………… planet in the solar system

Accepted Answer

sixth

Question 12

The speed of light depends on...

Accepted Answer

The medium that it is passing through

Question 13

Low pitch has a long -

Accepted Answer

wavelength

Question 14

Sound is caused by...

Accepted Answer

Vibrations

Question 15

Sound waves travel better through solids.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

A group of stars that form a pattern are known as a

Accepted Answer

constellation

Question 17

How do you make sound?

Accepted Answer

You make a object vibrate and it causes sound waves

Question 18

Where is Kennedy's Space Centre based?

Accepted Answer

Florida

Question 19

What sends the sound to the brain so that it can be understood?

Accepted Answer

auditory nerve

Question 20

When light or sound bounce off of something it is called…

Accepted Answer

reflection

Question 21

What was the name of the space flight that first landed humans on the moon?

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Question 22

In the space race, America was first to:

Accepted Answer

send a manned spaceship to the moon

Question 23

What is pitch?

Accepted Answer

high and low

Question 24

In which year was the first moon landing?

Accepted Answer

1969

Question 25

Which of the planets is the hottest in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 26

On the moon you cannot hear sound because ...

Accepted Answer

There is no air for sound to travel through in space

Question 27

Which word means light source?

Accepted Answer

Luminous

Question 28

To make a soft sound, tap on the glass

Accepted Answer

very gently

Question 29

What does the trace on an Oscilloscope show?

Accepted Answer

A representation of the sound wave

Question 30

Sound travels fastest through?

Accepted Answer

solid

Question 31

When light bends, it…

Accepted Answer

refracts

Question 32

What causes the phases of the moon?

Accepted Answer

The moon's orbit around Earth

Question 33

The seasons are caused by the ________of Earth

Accepted Answer

Tilt

Question 34

Name these incredibly violent explosions that end the life cycles of certain large stars.

Accepted Answer

supernova

Question 35

Stars give us...

Accepted Answer

heat and light

Question 36

The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.

Accepted Answer

astronomy

Question 37

True or False: Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

What is the speed of sound in air?

Accepted Answer

330 m/s

Question 39

Stars look small because

Accepted Answer

they are very far away

Question 40

Sound can travel in outer space.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 41

Different colours of light are made of waves with

Accepted Answer

different frequencies

Question 42

What is light?

Accepted Answer

A form of energy

Question 43

The stars winked as us last night is a(n)…

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 44

Loudness is measured in Decibels.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

________ causes day and night.

Accepted Answer

The Earth turning on its axis

Question 46

Sound waves that are louder have...

Accepted Answer

greater amplitude

Question 47

The hottest stars are....

Accepted Answer

blue

Question 48

Compared with light, sound travels

Accepted Answer

much more slowly

Question 49

Which country launched Sputnik 1, the first-ever satellite, into space in 1957?

Accepted Answer

Russia; USSR

Question 50

The two types of curved mirrors are…

Accepted Answer

concave and convex

Question 51

What do we call an instrument used to look at the stars and planets?

Accepted Answer

telescope

Question 52

The primary colors of light are

Accepted Answer

red, blue and green

Question 53

Concave mirrors....

Accepted Answer

Curve inwards

Question 54

The coolest stars are....

Accepted Answer

red

Question 55

A person who is trained to travel into outer space is called an...

Accepted Answer

Astronaut

Question 56

What can sound *NOT* travel through?

Accepted Answer

Vacuum

Question 57

The Moon is not a satellite.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 58

How many planets are there in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 59

Which country was the first to put a man into space?

Accepted Answer

Russia; USSR

Question 60

What does Earth have in common with the other planets in the Solar System?

Accepted Answer

All planets revolve around a star

Question 61

What is a vehicle that carries people to outer space?

Accepted Answer

Space Shuttle

Question 62

T/F: All galaxies contain trillions of stars and planets.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 63

Frequency is measured in Hertz.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

The first part of the human ear to vibrate when sound reaches it is the

Accepted Answer

ear drum

Common Entrance Science - Light, Sound and Space

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Common Entrance Science - Light, Sound and Space

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