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What is a key difference between light waves and sound waves?

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Important Questions on Sound

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When a tuning fork [vibrating] is held close to the ear, one hears a faint hum. The same [vibrating tuning fork] is held such that its stem is in contact with the table surface, then one hears a loud sound. Explain.
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The pitch of a sound wave depends upon which one of its following characteristics?
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Pitch of the sound depends on
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A bomb blasts on moon. Its sound will be heard on earth after
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A pendulum vibrates with a time period of 1 second. The sound produced in it is in the range of
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The driver of bus approaching a big wall notices that the frequency of his bus's horn changes from 420 Hz to 490 Hz when he hears it after it gets reflected from the wall. Find the speed of the bus if speed of the sound is 330 ms1:
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In a resonance tube experiment when the tube is filled with water up to a height of 17.0 cm, from bottom, it resonates with a given tuning fork. When the water level is raised the next resonance with the same tuning fork occurs at a height of 24.5 cm. If the velocity of sound in air is 330 m s-1, the tuning fork frequency is :
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Assume that the displacement s of air is proportional to the pressure difference Δp created by a sound wave. Displacement (s) further depends on the speed of sound (v), density of airρ and the frequency (f). If Δp=10 Pa, n=300 m s-1, p=1 kg m-3 and  f=1000 Hz, then s will be of the order of (take the multiplicative constant to be 1)
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Describe an activity to show sound travels faster through a solid medium than through a gaseous medium.
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A running watch is placed in vacuum. Will you be able to listen to its ticking sound? Why?
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We cannot hear on the moon because
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Describe an activity to show sound travels faster through a solid medium than through a liquid medium.
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What is vibrating in saxophone producing musical sounds? 

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Name the device which converts sound energy into electrical energy and vice versa.
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If you place some small beads on a drum, what will you observe when you beat this drum with a drumstick? Explain.
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Sound travels fastest in 
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Can you hear the sound produced by a bell on the moon? Why?
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How is sound produced?
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Describe an activity with a scale to show that only a vibrating body produces sound.
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Describe an experiment to show that waves transfer energy while travelling.