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Properties of waves, including Work Sheet
Topic 5
light and sound No.
Class 9IGCSE Subject Physics
Name Date
Section - Direct/ Regular/ Inferential Application, Reasoning & Analytical
Section - B
A Questions Questions
Section -
HOTS Questions (Higher Order Thinking Skills)
C
Section - A: Direct/ regular/ inferential questions

1. Which statement about sound waves is correct?
A They are able to travel through a vacuum.
B They are able to travel through solids.
C They are transverse waves.
D They travel at the same speed in all substances.
2. The diagram shows the trace produced on a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.) by a sound.
Which trace is produced when both the loudness and the pitch of the sound are increased?
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3. In a shallow tank, a water wave moves towards a barrier with a narrow gap.
Which diagram shows the wave beyond the barrier?

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4. Waves pass from deep water to shallow water and refraction occurs.
What is the speed of the waves in the shallow water?
A 0.2 m / s B 0.8 m / s C 2.0 m / s D 5.0 m / s
5. A sound wave travels from a point X to a point Y.
Which diagram represents the movement of the air molecules, due to the sound wave, in
the region between X and Y?
6. The speed of sound in air is 340 m / s. Which row gives typical values for the speed of
sound in a liquid and in a solid?

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7. The diagrams show water waves that move more slowly after passing into shallow
water. Which diagram shows what happens to the waves?
8. An echo-sounder on a ship produces a pulse of sound. The echo is received by the

echo-sounder after two seconds.
The speed of sound in sea-water is 1500 m / s. What is the depth of the sea-water below
the ship?
A 750 m B 1500 m C 3000 m D 6000 m

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9.A man is talking at the side of a house. He can be heard by a woman at the front of the
house even though she cannot see him.
What is the explanation for this?
A Sound waves are longitudinal and light waves are transverse.

B Sound waves are transverse and light waves are longitudinal.
C The sound waves have a long wavelength and the light waves have short wavelength.
D The sound waves have a short wavelength and the light waves have long wavelength.
10. A man stands 110 m from a high wall. He makes a short, sharp sound and then hears
an echo from the wall. The speed of sound in air is 330 m / s. How long after making the
sound does the man hear the echo?
A 0.33 s B 0.67 s C 1.5 s D 3.0 s

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Section - B: Application, reasoning & analytical questions
11. Fig. 11.1 shows four swimmers at the start of a race.
Fig. 11.1
(a) The swimmers start their race when they hear a loud, high-pitched sound from a
loudspeaker.
(i) Explain why sound travels at a different speed through water than through air.
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(ii) Fig. 11.2 shows the trace of a sound wave as it appears on an oscilloscope screen.
On Fig. 11.2 draw another trace of a sound wave from a sound that is louder than
the one shown, but has the same pitch.

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Fig.11.2
12. Fig. given below shows a girl standing a few hundred metres in front of a large building.
The girl uses a signal generator and a loudspeaker to send a short pulse of sound towards
the building. The sound has a frequency of 3700 Hz. A short time later, the girl hears an
echo.
(a) State what is meant by the term echo.
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(b) The pitch of the echo is the same as that of the original sound but the echo is not as
loud. State what has happened to
(i) the amplitude of the sound wave,
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(ii) the frequency of the sound wave.

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(c) The speed of sound in air is 330 m / s.

Calculate the wavelength of this sound.
wavelength = ...................................................
13. Fig. shows a scale drawing of plane wavefronts approaching a gap in a barrier.
Direction of wave
travel
Barrier
Fig.13.1
(a) On Fig.13.1 draw the pattern of the wavefronts after the wave has passed through the
gap.

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(b) The wave approaching the barrier has a wavelength of 2.5 cm and a speed of 20 cm / s.
Calculate the frequency of the wave.
frequency = ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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(c) State what happens, if anything, to the frequency of the wave as it passes through the
gap.
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(d) Explain, in terms of diffraction, why a car radio may pick up low frequency radio signals
but not pick up high frequency radio signals when the car is travelling behind a hill.
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14. Fig. shows a floating plastic ball attached by a long rope to a weight on the bottom of a
lake. A water wave on the surface of the lake causes the ball to move vertically up and
down.
Fig. 14.1

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(a) On Fig. 14.1, indicate the wavelength of the wave. Label the distance W.
(b) Determine the amplitude of the wave.
amplitude = ..................................................................... cm
(c) The ball reaches its maximum height 40 times in 60 seconds. Calculate the frequency of
the wave.
frequency = .................................................. Hz
(d) Explain how the motion of the ball shows that the water wave is transverse.
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(e) State another example of a transverse wave.

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Section - C: HOTS questions (Higher Order Thinking Skills
15. The figure given below shows cone of a loudspeaker that is producing sound waves in air.
At any given moment a series of compression and rarefactions exist along line XY.

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(a) State what is meant by a compression.

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(b) State what is meant by a rarefaction.

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(c) Use letter C to mark 3 compressions and letter R to mark 3 rarefactions along XY.
16. Fig. 16.2 shows wavefronts in a ripple tank. They move in the direction of the arrow.
The wave hits the boundary between two regions and the wave slows down as it enters the
shaded region.
Fig.16.2

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(i) State what is meant by wavefront.

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(ii) Both reflection and refraction occur at the boundary.

1. On Fig. 16.2, draw the reflected wavefronts.
2. On Fig. 16.2, draw the refracted wavefronts.
(c) A loudspeaker produces a sound of frequency 2.0 kHz. The wavelength of this sound in
air is 16 cm.
(i) Calculate the speed of sound in air.
speed = ...........................................................
(ii) 1. State the range of frequencies that can be heard by a healthy human ear.
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2. Calculate the smallest wavelength of sound that can be heard by a healthy human
ear.
wavelength = ...........................................................
(iii) Describe a simple experiment to show that sound waves obey the law of reflection.
You may draw a diagram if you wish.
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Campus Smart Campus Session 2020-21

Section - A: Direct/ regular/ inferential questions

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Which diagram shows the wave beyond the barrier?

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What is the speed of the waves in the shallow water?

A 0.2 m / s B 0.8 m / s C 2.0 m / s D 5.0 m / s

5. A sound wave travels from a point X to a point Y.

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8. An echo-sounder on a ship produces a pulse of sound. The echo is received by the

A 750 m B 1500 m C 3000 m D 6000 m

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What is the explanation for this?

A Sound waves are longitudinal and light waves are transverse.

A 0.33 s B 0.67 s C 1.5 s D 3.0 s

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Section - B: Application, reasoning & analytical questions

11. Fig. 11.1 shows four swimmers at the start of a race.

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(ii) the frequency of the sound wave.

(c) The speed of sound in air is 330 m / s.

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(b) Determine the amplitude of the wave.

(e) State another example of a transverse wave.

Section - C: HOTS questions (Higher Order Thinking Skills

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(a) State what is meant by a compression.

(b) State what is meant by a rarefaction.

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(i) State what is meant by wavefront.

(ii) Both reflection and refraction occur at the boundary.

(i) Calculate the speed of sound in air.

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