Here’s your complete set of questions and answers on Sound:
1. Keywords (10)
1. Vibration
2. Frequency
3. Amplitude
4. Pitch
5. Echo
6. Wavelength
7. Decibel
8. Resonance
9. Ultrasound
10. Reflection
2. Fill in the Blanks (5)
1. Sound is produced by __________. (Vibrations)
2. The unit of frequency is __________. (Hertz)
3. Loudness depends on __________ of vibration. (Amplitude)
4. Sound travels fastest in __________. (Solids)
5. Echo is caused by __________ of sound. (Reflection)
True or False (5)
1. Sound cannot travel in a vacuum. (True)
2. Frequency is measured in decibels. (False)
3. Humans can hear ultrasound waves. (False)
4. Higher frequency means a lower pitch. (False)
5. Sound travels faster in water than air. (True)
Name the Following (5)
1. The vibrating part in drums. (Membrane)
2. The unit of sound loudness. (Decibel)
3. The sound above human hearing range. (Ultrasound)
4. The phenomenon of sound bouncing back. (Echo)
5. The lowest human hearing limit. (20 Hz)
Short Questions (5 words) (5)
1. What is vibration?
o Rapid back-and-forth motion.
2. What affects pitch?
o Frequency of sound waves.
3. What is an echo?
o Reflected sound heard again.
4. Where does sound travel fastest?
o In solids.
5. What is the unit of frequency?
o Hertz (Hz).
3. Medium Questions (25-30 words) (10)
1. What is sound and how is it produced?
o Sound is a form of energy produced by vibrating objects.
Vibrations create sound waves that travel through a medium
like air, water, or solids.
2. What is the difference between frequency and amplitude?
o Frequency determines pitch, measured in Hertz. Amplitude
determines loudness, measured in decibels. Higher frequency
means a higher pitch; greater amplitude means louder sound.
3. Why can sound not travel in a vacuum?
o Sound needs a medium like air, water, or solids to travel.
Since a vacuum has no particles to carry vibrations, sound
cannot propagate.
4. What are the characteristics of sound?
o Sound has pitch (depends on frequency), loudness (depends
on amplitude), and quality (depends on waveform).
5. How does the human ear detect sound?
o Sound waves enter the ear, vibrate the eardrum, and pass
through the middle ear bones to the cochlea, where signals
are sent to the brain.
6. What is the range of human hearing?
o Humans can hear sounds between 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
Sounds above this range are called ultrasound, and below it
are infrasound.
7. What is echo? How is it formed?
o Echo is the reflection of sound when it bounces off a surface. It
is heard when the reflected sound reaches the ear after 0.1
seconds.
8. Why does sound travel faster in solids?
o Sound waves travel faster in solids because particles are
closely packed, allowing quicker vibration transfer.
9. What are musical and noise sounds?
o Musical sounds are pleasant and rhythmic (e.g., flute).
Noise is unpleasant and irregular (e.g., traffic noise).
10. What are ultrasonic waves used for?
Ultrasonic waves are used in medical imaging (ultrasound), cleaning
delicate instruments, and detecting flaws in metal structures.
4. Long Questions (50-60 words) (5)
1. Explain how sound travels in different media.
o Sound travels by vibrating particles in a medium. It moves
fastest in solids, slower in liquids, and slowest in gases. In a
vacuum, sound cannot travel because there are no particles to
carry vibrations.
2. Describe how the human ear works.
o The outer ear collects sound waves, the eardrum vibrates,
the middle ear bones amplify vibrations, and the cochlea
converts them into nerve signals sent to the brain.
3. What is the difference between pitch and loudness?
o Pitch depends on frequency; higher frequency means a
higher pitch. Loudness depends on amplitude; greater
amplitude means louder sound. Both characteristics define
how we perceive sound.
4. How does reflection of sound help in sonar?
o SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) uses ultrasound
waves to detect underwater objects. Waves reflect from
surfaces, and the time taken helps calculate distance and
location.
5. Why is noise pollution harmful? How can we reduce it?
o Noise pollution affects health, causing stress and hearing loss.
It can be reduced by using silencers in vehicles, planting trees,
and avoiding loudspeakers in residential areas.
6. Draw a diagram to show the propagation of sound waves
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