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Sound: Class-VII Physics
Sound: Class-VII Physics
Notes
SOUND
I. Tick (✔) the most appropriate answer.
1.Rapid back and forth motion of a particle about its mean position
is called
(a) displacement (b) acceleration (c) vibration (d) friction
2.In which state of matter does sound travel the fastest?
(a) gases (b) solids (c) liquids (d) none of these
3.Sound cannot travel through
(a) solids (b) liquids (c) vacuum (d) none of these
4.The intensity of sound is measured in the units of
(a) joule (b) decibel (c) watts (d) none of these
5.The speed of sound in air is
(a) 3000 m/s (b) 340 m/s (c) 400 m/s (d) 1000 m/s
6.The instrument used in the laboratory to produce sound of a fixed
frequency is
(a) simple pendulum (b) tuning fork
(c) thermometer (d) meter scale
7.Violin is a
(a) stringed musical instrument (b) percussion instrument
(c) reed instrument (d) wind instrument
8.An instrument based on the principle of echo is
(a) sonar (b) meter scale (c) radar (d) barometer
9.An echo of the sound produced can be heard only if it reaches our
ear after
(a) 1/15th of a second (b) 1/13th of a second
(c) 1/10th of a second (d) 1/5th of a second
10.The characteristic of sound which distinguishes a feeble sound
from a loud sound of the same frequency is
(a) loudness (b) pitch (c) music (d) noise
11.To and fro motion of a particle about its mean position is called