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The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions related to sound waves, their properties, and calculations involving sound speed and intensity. Key concepts include the determination of sound speed, differences between wave types, wavefronts, and the relationship between frequency and pitch. It also includes practical problems involving sound distance and intensity calculations.

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Sound

The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions related to sound waves, their properties, and calculations involving sound speed and intensity. Key concepts include the determination of sound speed, differences between wave types, wavefronts, and the relationship between frequency and pitch. It also includes practical problems involving sound distance and intensity calculations.

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Sound

1. The speed of a sound wave is determined by:


A) its amplitude
B) its intensity
C) its pitch
D) number of overtones present
E) the transmitting medium

2. The difference between transverse and longitudinal waves:


A) depends on the frequency of the wave
B) depends on the wavelength of the wave
C) depends on the direction of propagation of the wave
D) depends on the direction of oscillation of the medium relative to the direction of propagation
of the wave
E) there is no difference, they are just two ways of describing the same phenomenon

3. What is a wavefront?
A) A set of points on a wave that are all traveling in the same direction.
B) The front of the wave is the highest point on the wave.
C) The front of the wave faces the direction the wave is traveling.
D) A set of points on a wave that all have the same wavelength.
E) A set of points on a wave that all have the same displacement.

4. Take the speed of sound to be 340 m/s. A thunder clap is heard about 3 s after the lightning is
seen. The source of both light and sound is:
A) moving overhead faster than the speed of sound
B) emitting a much higher frequency than is heard
C) emitting a much lower frequency than is heard
D) about 1000 m away
E) much more than 1000 m away

5. A sound wave has a wavelength of 3.0 m. The distance from a compression center to the
adjacent rarefaction center is:
A) 0.75 m
B) 1.5 m
C) 3.0 m
D) need to know wave speed
E) need to know frequency
6. Which of the following properties of a sound wave determine its "pitch"?
A) amplitude
B) distance form source to detector
C) frequency
D) phase
E) speed

7. A fire whistle emits a tone of 170 Hz. Take the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s. The
wavelength of this sound is about:
A) 0.5 m
B) 1.0 m
C) 2.0 m
D) 3.0 m
E) 340 m

8. During a time interval of exactly one period of vibration of a tuning fork, the emitted sound
travels a distance:
A) equal to the length of the tuning fork
B) equal to twice the length of the tuning fork
C) of about 330 m
D) which decreases with time
E) of one wavelength in air

9. At points in a sound wave where the gas is maximally compressed, the pressure
A) is a maximum
B) is a minimum
C) is equal to the ambient value
D) is greater than the ambient value but less than the maximum
E) is less than the ambient value but greater than the minimum

10. The sound intensity 5.0 m from point source is 0.50 W/m2. The power output of the source
is:
A) 12.5 W
B) 39 W
C) 79 W
D) 160 W
E) 260 W

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