Question:
How is sound propagated through a material medium ? What is wave motion ?
Answer:
Refer to Art.6.4,Page 324.
Sound
Q 1.
How is sound propagated through a material medium ? What is wave motion ?
Q 2.
By how much does the speed of sound increase with rise of temperature ?
Q 3.
A hospital uses an ultrasonic scanner to locate tumors in a tissue. What is the wavelength of sound in a tissue is which the speed of sound is 1.7 km/s. The operating frequency of the scanner is 4.2 MHz. (1MHz = 10
6 Hz).
Q 4.
What is a wave number?
Q 5.
What is audible range ?
Q 6.
Fill in the blanks :
The product of wavelength of wave and its frequency gives _____________.
Q 7.
How are the wavelength and frequency of a sound wave related to its speed ?
Q 8.
How are compressions and rarefactions produced near a source of sound ?
Q 9.
Fill in the blanks :
Sound, compressional waves in springs are examples of _____________.
Q 10.
How does sound travel in gases and liquids as longitudinal or as transverse waves?
Q 11.
What is infrasonic? Give an example.
Q 12.
What is Sound? Why it is important for us?
Q 13.
What are the factors speed of sound wave depends upon?
Q 14.
Obtain a relation between speed,frequency and wavelength of a wave.
Q 15.
Fill in the blanks :
v = ? × ?
Q 16.
What is speed of sound in air?
Q 17.
What are ultrasonics?
Q 18.
Explain the working and application of a sonar.
Q 19.
What propagates along with the waves ?
Q 20.
Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave whose frequency is 220 Hz and speed is
440 m/s in a given medium.
Q 21.
Why are sound waves called mechanical waves ?
Q 23.
Why sound waves are called mechanical waves?
Q 24.
Three persons, A, B and C are made to hear a sound travelling through different mediums as given below:
| Persons | Medium |
| A | Iron Rod |
| B | Air |
| C | Water |
Who will hear the sound first? Why?
Q 25.
A sound wave travels at a speed of 339 ms
–1. If its wavelength is 1.5 cm, what is the frequency of the wave?
Q 26.
If 20 waves are produced per second, what is the frequency in hertz?
Q 27.
An observer standing at the sea coast observes 54 waves reaching the coast per minute.If the wavelength of a wave is 10 m,find the wave velocity.
Q 28.
Fill in the blanks :
In a __________ wave the particles of the medium oscillate in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave propagates.
Q 29.
A person standing between two vertical cliffs and 680 m away from the nearest cliff,shouted.He heard the first echo after 4 s and the second echo 3 s later.Calculate (a) the speed of sound in air and (b) distance between the two cliffs.
Q 30.
An engine is approaching a hill at constant speed.When it is at a distance of 0.9 km,it blows a whisde,whose echo is heard by the driver after 5 s.If the speed of sound is 340 m/s,calculate the speed of the engine.
Q 31.
Explain how sound is produced by your school bell ?
Q 32.
Distinguish between loudness and intensity of sound.
Q 33.
How can you show that sound waves are longitudinal waves ?
Q 34.
What are transverse waves ?
Q 35.
Fill in the blanks :
The principle on which stethoscope works is _____ (reflection/ multiple reflection)
Q 36.
Fill in the blanks :
Sound travels as successive ____________ and _____________ in the medium.
Q 37.
Fill in the blanks :
Waves transport _________ not matter.
Q 38.
Fill in the blanks :
Ripples waves on water surface are example of ____________.
Q 39.
Fill in the blanks :
The distance between two consecutive compressions or two consecutive rarefactions is called the ______________.
Q 40.
Fill in the blanks :
If the time interval between original sound and reflected sound is more than 1/10 second then original sound and reflected sound can be heard clearly. This reflected sound is known as _______.
Q 41.
Fill in the blanks :
Loudness of sound is measured in ___________.
Q 42.
What is a mechanical wave?
Q 43.
What are wavefronts?
Q 44.
What type of waves can travel in vacuum? Give example(s).
Q 45.
Why transverse wave does not travel through air or gases?
Q 46.
Give an application use of ultrasonics.
Q 47.
Which wave characteristics determine the
(a) Loudness (b) pitch of sound?
Draw two different waveforms and mark these characteristics on it.
Q 48.
A person is listening to a tone of 500 Hz sitting at a distance of 450 m from the source of the sound. What is the time interval between successive compressions from the source?
Q 49.
A boat anchor is rocked by waves whose consecutive crests are 100 m apart.If the wave speed of the moving crests is 20 m/s,calculate the frequency at which the boat rocks.
Q 50.
The sonic boom of an aircraft has a time period of 0 00005 s.Calculate the frequency of the sound produced.
