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This document contains 15 multiple choice questions about sound. It covers topics like infrasonic and ultrasonic sounds, reverberation, the speed of sound, wavelength, frequency, echoes, SONAR, characteristics of sound waves, and medical uses of ultrasound. The questions are from a test paper on properties and characteristics of sound.

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Sound Test Paper

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions about sound. It covers topics like infrasonic and ultrasonic sounds, reverberation, the speed of sound, wavelength, frequency, echoes, SONAR, characteristics of sound waves, and medical uses of ultrasound. The questions are from a test paper on properties and characteristics of sound.

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  • Sound – Test Paper

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.

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