
In an experiment to measure the speed of sound in air, a boy stands away from a wall and bangs two pieces of wood together. At the instant he hears the echo, he bangs them together again. He does this activity times. The time taken for bangs is . Which calculation gives the speed of sound in air?


Important Questions on Sound
A student performed an experiment as shown in the figure.
What happened when air was pumped out of the jar and the electric bell rang ?

A tuning fork sends sound waves in air. If the temperature of air increases, which of the following parameters will change?

Read the given statements and select the correct option.
Statement : Sound would travel faster on a hot summer day than on a cold winter day.
Statement : Velocity of sound depends on temperature.


A man fires a gun from a cliff. A second man who is standing farther away from the cliff hears the gun second after he sees the flash. The second man will hear the echo from the cliff

A dog barks in a park and hears its echo after seconds. The sound of its bark got reflected by a nearby building. The sound of speed in air is . The distance between the dog and the building is

The picture shows a xylophone. and are the rods in it. Which of the following rods has high pitch of the sound and which has low frequency of vibrations?
High pitch | Low frequency | |
and | and | |
and | and | |

A student sets up a slinky on a smooth table top in the manner as shown in figure. How can he produce transverse waves in the slinky by moving its free end ?
