Beaconhouse School System

Southern Region
Middle I, Gulshan Chapter
Remedial worksheet 4 Class VIII

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Q. Nadia has made a musical instrument with three stretched strings on a metal
tin. She wants to improve it.
a.What can she do to the strings to make the sound louder?

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b.All the strings make a similar-pitched note when plucked. How can she change
a string to make it higher pitched?

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Q.Ali is investigating sound with a

microphone and a cathode ray
oscilloscope (CRO).Look at
patterns A, B and C below.
Which pattern shows:
● the lowest-pitched note?
● the highest-pitched note?
● the loudest note?
● the softest note?

Q.Saim has made a musical instrument out of some metal tubing. He has cut
different lengths and hung them from string. He hits them with a stick to make a
sound.
a.When a tube is struck, what vibrates so that you hear the note?

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b.What is meant by the frequency of the note?

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Sami makes a string instrument. He ties the string tightly.He plucks the string. The
instrument makes a sound. Ali hears the sound.What does the sound travel through to
reach Ali’sear?

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The dotar is a musical instrument with two strings.Aftal plays the dotar very quietly.
What must he do to the strings to make a louder sound?
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(b) Aftal makes the strings tighter so they vibrate more quickly.
How does this affect the sound produced by the strings?
One of the strings is thicker than the other, so it vibrates more slowly.
In what way is the sound made by the thicker string different from the
sound made by the thinner string?
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Aftal played the dotar near a microphone connected to an oscilloscope.
The diagrams below show the patterns made by four sounds.

How does the sound shown in trace A differ from the sound in trace B?
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(ii) How does the sound shown in trace A differ from the sound in trace C?
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Jacquie can change the ring-tone of her phone.

The diagrams below show the patterns made by four sound waves on
an oscilloscope screen.
They are all drawn to the same scale.

Write the letter of the sound wave that matches each of the descriptions
below.
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(i) a loud sound with a low pitch

(ii) a quiet sound with a high pitch
(iii) a loud sound with a high pitch

Sam makes a string instrument. He ties the string tightly.

He plucks the string. The instrument makes a sound.

Clare hears the sound.

What does the sound travel through to reach Clare’s ear?

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(b) Sam plucks the string again. It sounds louder. How did Sam pluck the string with his
finger to make it sound louder?

(c) Clare looks carefully at the string as Sam plucks it.

When Clare looks carefully at the string, what can she see that
tells her the string is making the sound?

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(d) Sam makes the string shorter by tying it further down the stick. He ties it tightly.
He plucks the string. How is the sound of the shorter string different from the sound
of the longer string?
Zeena carries a personal emergency alarm.

It uses nitrogen gas to produce a very loud sound.Zeena pushes the lid down and nitrogen
gas escapes through the
diaphragm.
The diaphragm vibrates and produces a sound.
The pattern on the oscilloscope screen below represents the soundwave
produced by the alarm.

The loudness of the sound produced by the alarm decreases between

X and Y.
How can you tell this from the graph?
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(ii) The pitch of the sound produced by the alarm stays the same between
X and Y.
How can you tell this from the graph?

2. A steel wire was mounted on a board, so that the left hand bridge position could be
changed, but fixed with an adjusting screw on the right to vary the tension on the wire.
Which change will produce a louder note in the wire sound? [8L-24]
 a) plucking harder
b) tighter wire
c) thicker wire
d) longer wire

TYPICAL FREQUENCY HEARING RANGES (Hertz)

ANIMAL LOWEST HIGHEST ANIMAL LOWEST HIGHEST

Sheep 100 30000 Human 60 23000

Cat 45 64000 Dolphin 75 120000

Dog 65 45000 Bat 2000 110000

Which animal(s) can hear a frequency of 55 Hz?
A. Human only
B. Cat only
C. Cat and Human
D. Dog and Human

Sound wave can be displayed on a oscilloscope. The drawing shows a picture of a sound
wave. Which of the distances marked is the wavelength?Which of the distances marked is
the wavelength?

A thin sheet of membrane which is stretched tightly across end of ear canal is called

A. ear drum
B. hammer
C. cochlea
D. pinna
Large objects vibrate slowly and produce what kind of note?

1. Low pitched
2. High pitches
3. Loud
 4. Quiet

The distance between which two points is one wavelength?

1. A and C
2. B and F
3. D and E
4. G and I

In a given medium, if the frequency of a wave decreases, its .

1. wavelength increases
2. speed increases
3. amplitude decreases
4. wavelength decreases

Wave B will create a sound than wave A.

1. louder
2. quieter
3. lower pitch
4. higher pitch

Grade 8 Waves and Sound

When you used a Foss-ulele over the top of a desk, what would happen to the pitch as you
plucked the string while your partner pulled down and made the string tighter?

1. As soon as you tightened the string, the pitch would get lower
 2. As soon as you tightened the string, the pitch would get higher
3. The pitch would stay the same

Which of the following would sound most likely travel fastest through?

1. wooden table
2. glass of water
3. across an empty room
4. in space

Through which of these can sound not travel?

1. Wood
2. Water
3. Vacuum
4. Air

If Jeremy stands at a certain position and counts the number of crests that pass by him over
a certain period of time, what is he most likely measuring?

1. amplitude
2. wavelength
3. speed
4. frequency

In which of the following mediums would waves be most likely to travel fastest?

1. a block of wood
2. liquid alcohol
3. helium gas
4. they would travel the same speed in all the