5 Wave Motion And Sound Flashcards

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1
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A wave in which the vibrations are parallel , or along, the direction on travel

A

Longitudinal

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A wave in which the vibrations are perpendicular, or along, the direction of travel

A

Transverse wave

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3
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Tube closed at one , what happened?

A

Antinode at the open end,
Node at the closed end

Antinode - point where continuous vibration of maximum amplitude occurs

Node- the point which there is no displacement

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4
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Sinsusodial wave of a period 10 microseconds , it’s frequency is

A

100 KHz

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5
Q

Noise cancelling headphones operate of the principle by

Constructive interference of sound waves

Destructive inference of sound waves

A

Destructive inference of sound waves

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6
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Intensity of sound waves

A

Varies inversely as the square of distance from source

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7
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Increasing amplitude increases

Increasing frequency increase

A

Loudness

Pitch

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8
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Speed of sound in air at 0 degrees

Speed of sound at the std atmosphere temp and pressure is

M/s

A

331m/s

340 m/s

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9
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The name given to sounds below which a human ear can hear? 20hz

A

Infra sound

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10
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As temp increases, the speed of sound

A

Rises

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With respect to simple harmonic motion, amplitude is defined as the

A

Distance of the highest or lowest point of the motion from the central position

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12
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When the movement of an object rotating around a radius at a constant speed is projected onto a plane, the projected image follows what path?

A

Sinusiodal

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13
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Wavelength is

A

Distance between crests

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14
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Two pure tones of similar frequency are heard by a person, what will they hear?

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A beat of two tones

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15
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Two sound waves are the same but slightly out of phase . This means that

A

There will be no beat frequency.

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16
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Two sound waves of the same frequency and amplitude are moving half a wavelength out of phase with each other.
What will be heard?

A

Nothing