Revision: Sound

13 Sound - Revision Quiz

Test your understanding of Sound here:

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1) The pitch of a sound is determined by its

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2) A circular disc has 100 holes. It rotates at 300 revolutions per minute and air is blown across the holes. What is the frequency of the sound produced?

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3) The following shows the displacement-distance graph for a wave.

What is the wavelength if the wave?

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4) A man standing at P in the middle of a rectangular-shaped room claps his hands once.

A microphone placed right next to him detects two distinct echoes.

Taking the speed of sound in air to be 340 m s-1, what is the time interval between the two echoes?

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5) A musical note of wavelength λ has a velocity of v and a frequency of ƒ in air.

What will be the frequency and velocity of another musical note of wavelength 2λ in air?

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