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What is the relation between loudness and amplitude of sound?

Important Questions on Sound

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Draw a graph between displacement from mean position and time for a body executing free vibration in a vacuum.
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A wire length 1 m and mass 2 g is in unison with a tuning fork of frequency 300 Hz. Calculate the tension produced in the wire.
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What is the unit of sound? 
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Waves inside a gas are
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The linear distance between a consecutive compression and rarefaction in longitudinal wave is

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If the frequency of wave is tripled, then its wave length:
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The wave having compression and rarefaction is known as
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Complete the table using given statements associated with waves. 

  1. Particles vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction of propagation of waves. 
  2. Formed on the surface of solids and liquids.
  3. Crests and troughs are formed.
  4. Compression and rarefactions are formed.
Longitudinal waves Transverse waves
   

 

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The electron in the hydrogen atom is moving with a speed of 2.3×106 m s-1 in an orbit of 0.53 A0. Calculate the period of revolution of electron. π=3.142
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Define the characteristic of a sound that distinguishes a shrill sound from a hoarse sound.
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Define the term frequency.
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Science>Physics>Sound>Amplitude, Time Period and Frequency of a Vibration
If a key of a piano is first struck gently and then much harder, how will the loudness and pitch of the sound change?
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How are loudness and amplitude related?
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Define the term amplitude.
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The waveforms of some sounds are given below. Answer the questions that followed.
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 Identify the sounds with the same loudness.

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Why does the pitch of the sound increases when a nail is hammered into a wall?
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Write two differences between loudness and pitch.
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A pendulum oscillates 40 times in 4 seconds. Find its time period and frequency.
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Define the term loudness.

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State the unit of loudness. Mention the effect of different loudness levels on human ears.