SOUND – TEST PAPER
Question 1:
Name two animals which can produce infrasonic waves.
Question 2:
What is reverberation?
Question 3:
What is the frequency of wave with time period 0.025 s?
Question 4:
A baby recognizes her mother by her voice. Name the characteristic of
sound involved.
Answer 4:
The characteristic of sound involved in uniqueness of the sound is quality
of sound or timber.
Question 5:
What are infrasonic and ultrasonic sounds?
Question 6:
What is the audible range of human ear?
Question 7:
Why do we hear sound of an approaching car before the car reaches us?
Question 8:
What is SONAR? For what it is used?
Question 9:
Write two points of difference between sound wave and light wave
Question 10:
An echo is returned in 6 seconds. What is the distance of reflecting surface from source?
[Given that speed of sound is 342 m/s.]
Question 11:
(i) Define the time period of a wave.
(ii) Give the relation among speed of sound v, wavelength λ and its
frequency f.
(iii) 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?
Question 12:
A body is vibrating 6000 times in one minute. If the velocity of sound in
air is 360 m/s, find:
(a) Frequency of vibration in hertz,
(b) Wavelength of the wave produced.
Question 13:
Describe two uses of multiple reflections of sound.
Question 14:
(a) Give three medical uses of ultrasound.
(b) A ship which is stationary is at a distance of 2800 m from the sea-bed.
The Ship sends an ultrasound signal to the sea-bed and its echo is heard after 4 s. Find the
speed of sound in water.
Question 15:
(a) Define Hertz?
(b) A tuning fork produces 256 waves in four seconds. Calculate the frequency of the tuning
fork.
(c) Suppose a person whistles standing on the moon. Will the person standing nearby hear
the sound? Explain giving reasons.
