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State two laws of reflection of sound.

Important Questions on Sound

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Sound travels at a speed of 1450 ms-1through water. A submarine detects objects around it by sending sound waves and detecting echo (reflected sound) heard after 4 s. Then the object must be at a distance of:
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If the velocity of sound in air is 340 m s-1 and x is the minimum distance between sound source and reflecting surface to get echo from general sound, then :
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A person clapped his hands near a cliff and heard the echo after 4 s. The distance between the cliff and the person will be :

(Speed of sound is 346 m s-1

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Name the system which enables us to locate underwater objects by transmitting ultrasonic waves and detecting the reflecting impulse.
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What is the difference between reverberation and echo?
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What is the minimum distance required to hear an echo in air?
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A girl drops a ball from a height h=20 m. It strikes the ground elastically and returns to her hand. An echo of the thud of the ball striking the ground is produced from a nearby cliff. The echo is head at exactly the same moment when the ball returns to the girl's hand. (Take g = 10 ms-2  and vsound=350 ms-1). The distance of the cliff from the girls is close to:
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Sound signal from a ship floating in water hits the bottom of the sea and reflects back to the ship after 6 s. Speed of sound in water is 1500 m s-1. Calculate the depth of the sea.
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A man who is standing at a distance of 850 m from a sound reflecting surface claps loudly. If the velocity of the sound in air is 340 ms-1 then the time taken by the echo to reach him is
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A pendulum  has a frequency of 4 vibrations per second. An observer starts the pendulum and fires a gun simultaneously. He hears the echo from the cliff after 6 vibrations of the pendulum. If the velocity of sound in air is 340 ms-1, find the distance between the cliff and the observer. 
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How long does sound persist in our ears?
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A person clapped hands near a wall and heard the echoes after 5 s. What is the distance of the wall from the person, if the speed of the sound at that time was 346 ms?  
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An echo is heard 0.6 s after a person bursts a cracker at a distance of 102 m from a high building. Calculate the speed of the sound.
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Why do we not hear echo at all places?
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What is meant by an echo? How is it heard? Explain the various conditions necessary for the formation of echoes.
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What is meant by reflection of sound?
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For doing the experiment on the verification of laws of reflection of sound,
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While doing an experiment on verifying the laws of reflection of sound, four students measured the angles i and r as shown in the diagram below. The correct measurement of the angles of incidence and angles of reflection has been done by which student?

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Radiowaves sent from the earth towards the surface of moon are received back on the earth after reflection in 2.5 seconds. If the velocity of radiowaves is 3×108m/s, calculate the distance of the moon from the earth.
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Why do the stages of auditoriums have curved background, curtains, carpets and false ceilings?