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Age 11-14 (KS3)
Age 14-16 (KS4 / GCSE)

5 Activities for the teaching/revision of sound and light. A set of quick fire questions that can be completed individually or as a class, a hidden picture activity where answering correctly reveals part of a picture behind the questions, a set of class questions which builds a rainbow, a sound fill in the gaps activity and a light 'pot luck' questions in the question of sport format.

Published 02 Feb 2010

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Need to ammend sound measured in decibels frequency measured in Hertz

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Sound and light

1QUICK FIRE QUESTIONSEach question will be displayed for 20 seconds and then be replaced by the next. Work in your groups to answer the questions quickly and write them on the sheet in front of you. There are a total of 10 questions 2Question 1Name the part of the wave shown by the arrow?3Question 2Which effect does the diagram below show?4Question 3What are the units of frequency?5Question 4What type of wave is light?6Question 5What is the name of the dotted line in the diagram below? 7Question 6What is the name of the effect shown below?8Question 7What type of wave is sound?9Question 8Which wave will have the highest pitch? A B10Question 9What are the units of wavelength?11Question 10Complete the rule for reflection? Angle of reflection = ___________________12QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS End of questions (Swap sheets with the team next to you for marking)13A sound wave with a large amplitude is ………What do we hear when a sound is reflected?

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