Name: ______________________________________
Date: _____________________________
Period: _____________
Eye, Ear, and Light Quiz
Label the eye using the word bank:
Pupil
Iris
Lens
Retina
Optic Nerve
Cornea
Match the following terms to the correct function.
a. The hole in your eye that light enters through.
______ 1. Optic Nerve
______ 2. Iris
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______ 3. Cornea
______ 4. Lens
b. Colored muscle that contracts and relaxes to
control how much light enters the pupil.
c. The second part in your eye that focuses light.
d. Cells in the retina that allow you to see color
______ 5. Pupil
e. The clear covering on you eye that is the first spot
that light is focused.
______ 6. Cones
f. Cells in the retina that allow you to see shapes.
______ 7. Rods
g. Where the light information turns into an impulse
that travels to your brain to tell you what you are
seeing.
Name: ______________________________________
Date: _____________________________
Period: _____________
Match the following terms to the correct definition:
______ 8. Reflection
a. When light bounces off the object.
______ 9. Refraction
b. When light enters into the object and does not bounce
off or travel through.
______ 10. Absorption
______ 11. Transmission
c. When light passes through an object.
d. When lights bends from entering a new surface.
Answer the following multiple choice questions:
______ 12.
a.
b.
c.
d.
When light is moving untouched by an object, the light will
travel in a zig zag format.
separate into its colors.
travel in a straight line.
become darker and fade.
______ 13.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The visible spectrum is ______________ of the electromagnetic spectrum.
a large part
a small part
on the low wavelength end
on the high wavelength end
______ 14. When white light shines on Pedro’s shirt, it looks blue. His shirt looks blue
because your eye detects
a. the blue light that is reflected off Pedro’s shirt.
b. the blue light that is absorbed into Pedro’s shirt.
c. the white light that is reflected off Pedro’s shirt.
a. the white light that is absorbed into Pedro’s shirt.
______ 15.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Carrots look orange to a person because
carrots absorb orange light.
carrots diffuse orange light.
light from the carrot is absorbed by cones in the retina.
light from the carrot is reflected by cones in the eye.
______ 16.
a.
b.
c.
d.
White lights contains which colors of the visible spectrum?
red and orange
blue and green
all colors
no colors
Name: ______________________________________
Date: _____________________________
Period: _____________
Label the ear using the word bank:
Outer Ear
Ear Canal
Semi-circular Canals
Ear Bones
Cochlea
Match the following terms to the correct definition:
______ 17. Outer Ear
______ 18. Ear drum
e. Fluid-filled structure that receives the vibrations
from ear bones, which then creates waves to send
messages to the nerve.
______ 19. Semi-circular canals
f. Directs sound into the ear.
______ 20. Auditory Nerve
g. Vibrates when sound waves hit it to continue
passing sound into the ear.
______ 21. Cochlea
h. Fluid-filled structures that contain hair cells and is
responsible for your balance.
i.
Carries hearing information from the cochlea to the
brain