Exercise_5

Sound

1. When an object vibrates it creates a sound wave. How quickly the object
vibrates changes the sound

A B

a. How is the vibration creating trace A different from the vibration

creating trace B?
The frequency in A is higher than B, which means that the sound produced
in A is more than B.
b. How can you tell from the traces?
There are more waves in A than B which be clearly seen on the graph

2. How is the vibration causing the loud trace different from the vibration
causing the quiet trace?
They have the same wavelength and frequency but different amplitudes.
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Sound

3. Complete the sentences about echoes.

sonar well reflected sound useful ultrasound noise

sound
Echoes are caused when _________is reflected
_________off of a surface.
sonar wall creates a big echo. Echoes can be very
Shouting into a _________
useful
_________, some examples are _________ SONAR
Ultrasound and _________ . An
noise
unpleasant sound is called _________.

4. Complete the sentences

Closer speeds liquid gas medium solid

medium it
speeds depending on the _________
Sound can travel at different _________
solid
is travelling through. Sound travels faster in a _________ than it does in
liquid
a _________ gas
or _________ . This is because the particles in a solid are
closer together than they are in a gas.
_________

5. A man standing 50 m in front of a wal claps his hand.

Calculate the time between the clap and the echo of the clap. Given that
the speed of sound in air is 330m/s.

Sound= Distance/Time 50/330=0.15s

Time=Distance/Speed