INDIAN SCHOOL AL WADI AL KABIR

Class: IX Department: SCIENCE 2022 – 23 Date: 8/02/23

SUBJECT: PHYSICS
Worksheet No.: 5 Topic: SOUND Note: A4 FILE FORMAT
With answers
NAME OF THE CLASS & SEC: ROLL NO.
STUDENT:

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (1 MARK)

1. When the vibrating object moves backward, it creates a region of low pressure called —————-

a. Refraction
b. Reflection
c. Rarefaction
d. Retardation
2. The distance which compression or a rarefaction travels per unit of time gives————-

a. The density of sound wave

b. Speed of sound
c. Wavelength of sound
d. Frequency of sound
3. Sound travels through which medium?

a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. Gas
d. All the above
4. Sound travels fastest through which medium.
a) Gas
b) Liquid
c) Solid
d) All of the above
5. When a body vibrates, it compresses the air surrounding and forms a high-density area known as ——
———-.

a. Refraction
b. Reflection
c. Rarefaction
d. Compression
6. The phenomenon where a sound produced is heard again due to reflection is called ———–

a. Sound bounce
b. Mirage
c. An echo
d. Interference

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7. Sound waves in air is an example of ——————

a. Longitudinal wave
b. Transverse wave
c. Electromagnetic wave
d. None of the options
8. The number of compressions or rarefactions per unit time gives ———–

a. Wavelength
b. Time period
c. Amplitude
d. Frequency.

VERY SHORT ASWER QUESTIONS (1 MARK)

1) Why sound waves are called mechanical waves?

2) A baby recognizes her mother by her voice. Name the characteristic of sound involved.
3) If 20 waves are produced per second, what is the frequency in Hertz? (20Hertz)
4) Give one example each of transverse and longitudinal wave.
5) What is the frequency of wave with time period 0.025s? (40Hertz)

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 MARKS)

6) Distinguish between transverse waves and longitudinal waves.
7) A wave is moving in air with a velocity of 340m/s. Calculate the wavelength if its frequency is
512Hz. (λ = v/ν =0.66m)
8) Sound of explosions taking place on planets is not heard by a person on the earth. Give reason.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (3 MARKS)
9) (a) A stone is thrown in a pond. 12 full ripples are produced in 1 second. .If the distance between
a crest and a trough is 10cm, calculate the wavelength and velocity of the wave. b) What
happens to the speed of sound on a hotter day? (3)

10) (a)Why are ceilings of concert halls and conference halls made curved? Ans. Curved ceilings
reflect the sound and spread it evenly across the width of the hall.
(b) Why are the roofs and the walls of the auditoriums covered with sound absorbent materials?
(c)What is an Echo? State two necessary conditions for echo to be heard. Bats cannot see still
they catch their prey. Explain. (3)

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 PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION AND ANSWER

11) State the relationship between frequency and time period of a wave. The wavelength of vibrations
produced on the surface of water is 2 cm.If the wave velocity is 16 m/s find its frequency and time
period. (3)
12) (i) Draw diagrams showing soft and loud sound.
(ii) In an orchestra, different musical instruments produce their own sounds. Do these sounds
reach us with the same speed? Give reason.
13) On a cloudy day, a thunder was heard 14 s after the lightning was seen. How far away was the
cloud? The speed of sound = 340 m/s.
14)

Waves of frequency 100 Hz are produced in a string as shown in the figure. Give its (I) Amplitude (II)
Wave length and (III) velocity

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

1) Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (iv) given below :

Sound bounces off a solid or a liquid like a rubber ball bounce off a wall. Like the light, sound gets reflected
at the surface of a solid or liquid and follows the same laws of reflection.

The directions in which the sound is incident and is reflected make equal angles with the normal to the
reflecting surface at the point of incidence, and the three are in the same plane. If we clap near a suitable
reflecting object such as a tall building or a mountain, we will hear the same sound again a little later. This
sound that we hear is called an echo.To hear a distinct echo the time interval between the original sound
and the reflected one must be at least 0.1s. Hence, for hearing distinct echoes, the minimum distance of
the obstacle from the source of sound must be 17.2 m. This distance will change with the temperature of
air. Another phenomenon of reflection of sound is reverberation.

A sound created in a big hall will persist by repeated reflection from the walls until it is reduced to a value
where it is no longer audible. The repeated reflection that results in this persistence of sound is called
reverberation. Excessive reverberation is highly undesirable.

i )What is persistence of hearing?

ii )What causes the rolling sound of thunder?
iii )State the two laws of reflection of sound
OR

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 What are the methods of reducing reverberation?.

2) Sound is produced by vibrating objects. The matter or substance through which sound is transmitted is
called a medium. It can be solid, liquid or gas. Sound moves through a medium from the point of
generation to the listener. When an object vibrates, it sets the particles of the medium around it vibrating.
The particles do not travel all the way from the vibrating object to the ear. Sound waves are
characterized by the motion of particles in the medium and are called mechanical waves.When a
vibrating object moves forward, it pushes and compresses the air in front of it creating a region of high
pressure; this region is called a compression(C).When the vibrating object moves backwards,it creates a
region of low pressure called rarefaction (R). Hence sound is longitudinal wave.

i)Why sound wave is called as longitudinal wave?

ii )What gets transmitted from one point to another when sound travels through a medium?
iii )What is sound and how is it propagated?
OR
Define compressions and rarefactions.

ASSERTION REASON TYPE QUESTIONS

Directions: In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion is given and corresponding
statement of Reason is given just below it. Of the statements, given below, mark the correct answer
as:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
1) Assertion : The flash of lightening is seen before the sound of thunder is heard.
Reason : Speed of sound is greater than speed of light.
Answer: c
2) Assertion : Two persons on the surface of moon cannot talk to each other.
Reason : There is no atmosphere on moon.
Answer: a
3)Assertion : Compression and rarefaction involve changes in density and pressure.
Reason : When particles are compressed, density of medium increases and when they are rarefied,
density of medium decreases.
Answer: a

Q. No. ANSWERS
1. (c ) Rarefaction
Explanation: Rarefaction is the opposite of compression. Rarefaction means the reduction of density of
the object.
2. b) speed of sound
Explanation: Speed of sound measures the compression or a rarefaction that travels per unit of time.
3. d) All of these
Explanation: Sound has the ability to travel through solid, liquid and gas.

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 4. c) solid
5. d)Compression
Explanation: Compression is the opposite of rarefaction. Compression means increase in the density of
the object.
6. c)An echo.

Explanation: To hear a distinct echo sound, the time interval between original and reflected sound must
be at least 0.1s.
7. b) Longitudinal wave

Explanation: In longitudinal waves, particles travel parallel to the direction of wave motion employing
successive compressions or elongations.
8. d) Frequency
Explanation: The number of compressions or rarefactions per unit time defines pitch. The pitch is
directly proportional to frequency
VERY SHORT ASWER QUESTIONS (1 MARK)
1 Because sound requires a material medium for propagation.
2 Timbre / Quality.
3 20 Hertz
4 Transverse wave- light wave
Longitudinal wave- sound wave
5 Frequency = 1/Time period = 1/0.025s =1000/25 = 40Hertz

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 MARKS)

6
Any two differences as given in the notebook
7 λ = v/ν =340/512= 0.66m
8 1. Sound is a mechanical wave which requires a material medium for propagation.Since there is no material
medium in space Sound can not be heard.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (3 MARKS)

9 Distance between the crest and next trough = /2 =10cm

 = 20cm = 0.20m
 = 12 Hz
v =  = 12 x 0.20 = Ans.240m/s
b) speed of sound increases on a hotter day
10 Ans. (a)Curved ceilings reflect the sound and spread it evenly across the width of the hall.
(b) To avoid reverberation. Otherwise multiple echoes will interfere with the original sound and sound
will not be heard distinctly.
(c)To hear a distinct echo, The interval between the original and reflected sound must be 0.1 sec. Bats
can not see still they catch their prey as they produce ultrasonic sound waves. This ultrasound is reflected
back to the bat if their is any obstacle in its way and thus bats catch their prey.

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 PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION AND ANSWER

11 Frequency = 1/time period

λ = 2 cm =0.02cm
V = 16m/s
v = 
V/ =  = 16/0.02 = 800Hz
T = 1/ = 1/800 = 0.00125sec
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Yes, because the speed is same in air for all sounds. Only the amplitude and frequency differ. So only
loudness and pitch is affected.
13 Speed of sound = 340 ms-1

Time taken by thunder to be heard, t = d / v = 14s

d = v x t = 340 x 14 = 4760 m

Therefore, the distance of the cloud is 4760 m.

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(i) Amplitude = 5 cm

(ii) Wavelength = 20 cm

(iii) Velocity, v = ν λ = 100 x 20 x 10-2 = 20 ms-1

(iv) Nature- It is a transverse wave.

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

1. i ) The phenomenon that the sensation of sound persists in our brain for about 0.1s.
ii )due to successive reflections of the sound from a number of reflecting surfaces such as the clouds and
the land.
iii ) State the laws

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 OR

2 i) When sound waves travel through the medium the particles of the medium vibrate in the direction of
propagation of the wave.
ii) Energy
iii) Sound is a form of energy and it is propagated through a medium in the form of pressure or
density variations.
OR
Compression- Region of high pressure and low volume, where the particles of the medium are close
together than normal.
Rarefactions - Region of low pressure and high volume, where the particles of the medium are far apart
than normal.
ASSERTION REASON TYPE QUESTIONS
1 Answer: c

2 Answer: a

3 Answer: a

PREPARED BY Mrs. ANU ANNIE MATHEWS CHECKED BY: HOD - SCIENCE

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