IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1 MARK QUESTIONS
Question.1 What is SONAR? [SAII-2014]
Answer. SONAR (Sound Navigation And Ranging) is a technique for determining water
depth and locating underwater objects, such as reefs, submarines, and schools of fish.
Question.2 Define one hertz. [SAII-2013]
Answer. One hertz is one vibration per second.
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Question.3 Define wavelength. [SAII-2013]
Answer. It is the distance between two nearest points in a wave which are in the same
phase of vibration.
Question.4 Suppose you and your friend are on the moon. Will you be able to
hear any sound produced by your friend?
Answer. No, I will not be able to hear sound, because moon has no atmosphere.
Therefore, no sound waves can travel to your ears and, therefore, no sound is heard.
Question.5 Guess which sound has a higher pitch; guitar or car horn ?
Answer. Car horn has a higher pitch than a guitar, because sound produced by the
former is shriller than the latter.
Question.6 How are the wavelength and frequency of a sound wave related to its
speed?
Answer. Speed of sound = Frequency x Wavelength.
Question.7 In which of the three media, air, water or iron, does sound travel the
fastest at a particular temperature ?
Answer. Sound travels fastest in iron as compared to water and air.
Question.8 What is the audible range of the average human ear? [SAII-2011]
Answer. An average human ear can hear sound waves between frequencies 20 Hz to
20,000 Hz.
Question.9 What is sound and how is it produced?
Answer. Sound is mechanical energy which produces a sensation of hearing. When an
object is set into vibrations, sound is produced.
Question.10 Why is sound wave called a longitudinal wave?
Answer. Sound wave is called longitudinal wave because the particles of the medium
vibrate in the direction of the propagation of wave.
Question.11 Which characteristic of the sound helps you to identify your friend by
his voice while sitting with others in a darkroom?
Answer. The characteristic of sound is quality or timbre.
Question.12 Flash and thunder are produced simultaneously. But thunder is
heard a few seconds after the flash is seen, why ? [SAll-2012]
Answer. The speed of light is 3 x 108 ms-1whereas that of sound is 344 ms-1 in air.
Thus, flash of lightning is seen at once, but sound takes few seconds to reach our ears.
Question.13 The frequency of a source of sound is 100 Hz. How many times does
it vibrate in a minute?
Answer.
No. of vibrations produced in 1 s = 100
No. of vibrations produced in 60 (sec) = (1 min) = 100 x 60 = 6000.
Question.14 Name the two types of mechanical waves.
Answer. The two types of mechanical waves are:
(i) Transverse wave and (ii) Longitudinal wave.
Question.15 What is a wave?
Answer. A wave is a disturbance that travels in a medium due to repeated periodic
motion of particles about their mean position,- such that the disturbance is handed over
from one particle to the other without the actual motion of the medium.
Question.16 What is a transverse wave? [SAII-2010]
Answer. It is a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular to the
direction of propagation of the wave. ,
Question.17 What is a longitudinal wave?
Answer. It is a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate in the direction of
propagation of the wave.
Question.18 What is a trough? [SAII-2011]
Answer. A trough is a depression in a wave /.e., maximum displacement in the negative
direction (below the mean position).
Question.19 What do you understand by*the term infrasonic vibrations?
Answer. The sounds of frequency lower than 20 Hz are called the infrasonics or
subsonics.
Question.20 Which of the following sound wavers we can hear: 10 Hz, 500 Hz,
1500 Hz, 12000 Hz, 25000 Hz ?
Answer. 500 Hz, 1500 Hz, 12000 Hz.
Question.21 What do you understand by the term ultrasonic vibrations?
Answer. Sounds of frequency higher than 20,000 Hz are called the ultrasonics.
Question.22 What do you understand by the term echo? [SAII-2012]
Answer. The sound heard after reflection from a rigid obstacle is called an echo.
Question.23 Name the term associated with the travelling disturbance in a
medium.
Answer. Wave.
Question.24 Do waves transport energy?
Answer. Yes.
Question.25 Do waves transport matter?
Answer. No.
Question.26 Do the particles of the medium move from one place to another in a
medium?
Answer. No.