Physics

Sound

Question:

Fill in the blanks :
A ________ (pulse/wave) is a disturbance which is sudden and lasts for a short duration of time.

Answer:

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Sound

Q 1.

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 = 106 Hz).

Q 2.

By how much does the speed of sound increase with rise of temperature ?

Q 3.

How is sound propagated through a material medium ? What is wave motion ?

Q 4.

Fill in the blanks :
Sound, compressional waves in springs are examples of _____________.

Q 5.

How are compressions and rarefactions produced near a source of sound ?

Q 6.

What is audible range ?

Q 7.

Obtain a relation between speed,frequency and wavelength of a wave.

Q 8.

Fill in the blanks :
The product of wavelength of wave and its frequency gives _____________.

Q 9.

Fill in the blanks :
v = ? × ?

Q 10.

What is Sound? Why it is important for us?

Q 11.

What is speed of sound in air?

Q 12.

What are the factors speed of sound wave depends upon?

Q 13.

What is a wave number?

Q 14.

What is infrasonic? Give an example.

Q 15.

A longitudinal wave is produced on a slinky.The frequency of the wave is 25 Hz and it travels at a speed of 20 cm/s. Find the separation between consecutive positions of maximum compressions.

Q 16.

A wave of wavelength 0-60 cm is produced in air and it travels at a speed of 300 m/s.Will it be audible ?

Q 17.

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 18.

Guess which has a higher pitch : a guitar or a car horn ?

Q 19.

How are the wavelength and frequency of a sound wave related to its speed ?

Q 20.

Explain how defects in a metal block can be detected using ultrasound.

Q 21.

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 22.

Fill in the blanks :
Ripples waves on water surface are example of ____________.

Q 23.

What type of wave is represented by density- distance graph?

Q 24.

A periodic longitudinal Wave is sent on a slinky.The wave proceeds at a speed of 48 m/s and each particle oscillates at a frequency of 12 Hz.Calculate the minimum separation between the positions where the slinky is most compressed.

Q 25.

A bat emits ultrasonic sound of frequency 100 kHz in air.If this sound meets a water surface,what is the wavelength of (a) the reflected sound wave (b) the transmitted sound wave ?
Given speed of sound in air = 340 m/s and in water = 1486 m/s.

Q 26.

Draw a curve showing density or pressure variations with respect to distance for a disturbance produced by sound.Mark the position of compression and rarefaction on this curve.Also define wavelengths and time period using this curve.

Q 27.

What is a note ?

Q 28.

What do you mean by reverberation and reverberation time ? How is reverberation controlled ?

Q 29.

What is the range of frequencies of audio waves,infrasonics and ultrasonics ?

Q 30.

How does sound travel in gases and liquids as longitudinal or as transverse waves?

Q 31.

Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave whose frequency is 220 Hz and speed is
440 m/s in a given medium.

Q 32.

Demonstrate an activity to show that sound requires a medium to travel.

Q 33.

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 34.

A man standing at 51 m from a wall fires a gun.Calculate the time after which an echo is heard.The speed of sound is 340 m/s.

Q 35.

Why are the ceilings of concert halls curved ?

Q 36.

How is ultrasound used for cleaning ?

Q 37.

What are infrasonics ?

Q 38.

What is a sonic boom ?

Q 39.

What is sound barrier ?

Q 40.

What propagates along with the waves ?

Q 41.

There are no echoes produced in small living rooms.Explain why echoes are produced only in large galleries and halls.

Q 42.

The sound of distant horses can be heard by applying the ear to the ground whereas it is inaudible if the ear is held a little distance above the ground.Explain.

Q 43.

We see flash earlier than the thunder.Discuss.

Q 44.

On what factors does the speed of sound in a material depend ?

Q 45.

Sounds we hear inform us of the state of world around us,especially of that part of it which our other senses,such as touch and sight,cannot reach.Illustrate this with appropriate examples.

Q 46.

Fill in the blanks :
If a body repeats its motion, within fix interval of time, along a certain path, about a fixed point, it is said to have ____________.

Q 47.

Fill in the blanks :
Number of oscillations completed by the oscillator in one second is known as ___________.

Q 48.

Fill in the blanks :
The principle on which stethoscope works is _____ (reflection/ multiple reflection)

Q 49.

Fill in the blanks :
In the case of ____________ wave, distance between two consecutive crests or troughs is known as wavelength.

Q 50.

Fill in the blanks :
The distance between two consecutive compressions or two consecutive rarefactions is called the ______________.