Amity International School, Saket

Sound Assignment
Class VIII
A. Define vibration.
A.

Name the vibrating part in each of the following cases.

B.
1 2. 3.

Now, the dish is hit with a spoon.

Water is taken in a metallic dish as shown.
C.
1. Do you hear a sound?

dish after hitting

2. What do you feel when you touch the
it?

3. What changes are observed on the surface of water?

4. Why do these changes ocCur?

the following instruments.

D. Identify the part which vibrates to produce sound in

1. Veena: 2. Flute:

3. Harmonium: 4. Guitar:
 5. Tabla 6. Manjira (Cymbals):

7. Ghatam: 8. Mridangam:

9. Sitar 10. Dholak:

Sound Produced by Humans

A. Sketch larynx and explain its function in your own words.

Sound Needs a Medium for Propagation

A. An alarm bell is kept inside a vessel as shown in figure. Air is removed
A person standing close to it can distinctly hear thee throught the
sound of alarm. Now if the air inside the vessel is tube

removed completely how will the loudness of alarm

get affected for the same person?
Alarm cdock

B. Two friends hold a metre rod as shown in the figure.

1. If one of them scratches at the other end of rod, will
one at other end hear the sound of scratching?
 Will he hear the sound of scratching if the rod is held away from his ear?
2

C. A child rings a bell inside a tub full of water and tries

C.
to hear the sound at the surface as shown.
1. Will he be able to hear the sound?

2. What does it indicate?

We Hear Sound Through Our Ears

A. Label the parts of a human ear.

Time Period and Frequency of a Vibration

Amplitude,
A. Define the foliowing:
1. Frequency:

2. Amplitude:

3. Oscillatory motion:

4. Time period:
B. A pendulum oscillates 40 times in 4 seconds. Find its time period and frequency.

C. The sound from a mosquito is produced when it vibrates its wings at an

average rate of 500 vibrations per second. What is the time period of the
vibration?

D. State the units for measurement of:

1. Time period:

2. Amplitude:
E. 1. Graphically represent a high pitched sound and a low pitched sound of the same
amplitude.

2. Graphically represent a loud sound and a feeble sound of the same frequency.
 Audible and Inaudible Sounds

Answer the following:

1. Audible range of frequency in human beings

2. Frequency of infrasound:

3. Frequency of ultrasound:

4. 1 kilohertz (1 kHz):

5. Frequencies of inaudible sound in human beings:

Noise and Music

A. Define the following:

1. Noise

2. Music:

Noise Pollution
sound in the surroundings
A. What does the presence of excessive unwanted
cause?

B. Write four sources of noise pollution at home.

(i)
(ii) (iv)

Integrated Assignment
Objective Type Exercises
A. Multiple Choice Questions:
1. A list of media is given below.
(ii) water
(i) wood
(iv) vacuum
(ii) air
 In which of these media can sound travel?
(a) (i) and (ii) only (b) (), (i) and (il) only
(c) (ii) and (iv) only (d) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
2. The loudness of sound depends on:
(a) its amplitude (b) its frequency
(c)its time period (d) its speed
3. Which of the following statements are correct?
(i) Sound is produced by vibrations.
(i) Sound requires a medium for propagation.
Gii) Light and sound both require a medium for propagation.
(iv) Sound travels slower than light.
(a) () and (i) only (b) (), (i) and (ii) only
(c) (ii), (i) and (iv) only (d) (), i) and (iv) only
4. An object is vibrating at 50 hertz. What is its time period?

(a) 0.02s (b) 2 s

(c) 0.2 s (d) 20.0s
5. In order to reduce the loudness of a sound, we have to
(a) decrease frequency of vibration of the sound.
(b) increase frequency of vibration of the sound.
(C)decrease amplitude of vibration of the sound.
(d) increase amplitude of vibration of the sound.

(a) decibel (dB). O0

6. Loudness of sound is measured in units of
(b) hertz (Hz).
(c) metre (m). (d) metre/second (m/s).
7. 1 hertz is equal to
(a) 1 vibration per minute. (6) 10 vibrations per minute.
(c) 60 vibrations per minute. (d) 600 vibrations per minuteD
8. Pitch of sound is determined by its

(a) frequency (b) amplitude

(c) speed (d) loudness
 9. Sound can travel through
(a) gases only
O (b) solids only
(c) liquids only C (d) solids, liquids and gases
10. Voice of which of the following is likely to have minimum frequency?
(a) Baby girl (b) Baby boy
(c) A man (d) A woman

Fill in the blanks:

B.
1. Sound is produced by
2. When the sound reaches our ear, the vibrates and sends the
signals to the brain.
3. The vibration of produces sound in human beinggs.
4. Time taken by an object to complete one oscillation is called

5. Loudness is determined by the of vibration.

6. The unit of frequency is
7. Unwanted sound is called
8. Shrillness of a sound is determined by the of vibration.

9. Noise pollution can be reduced by planting more

10. A whistle produces sound of frequency than a drum.

C. State T for true or 'F' for false sentences.

1. Sound cannot travel in vacuum.
2. The number of oscillations per second of a vibrating object is called its time
period.
3. If the amplitude of vibration is large, sound is feeble.
4. For human ears, the audible range is 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.

5. The lower the frequency of vibration, the higher is the pitch.

6. Unwanted or unpleasant sound is termed music. O o
7. Noise pollution may cause partial hearing impairment.
8. When the harmonium is played, sound is produced due to vibrations of its
membrane.
9. Ultrasound is audible to some animals.

10. The vocal cords are located in the voice box of human beings.
D. Match the columns:
Column I Column II
received vibrations
1. Auditory nerve (i) Amplifies the
2. Eardrum (ii) Outer ear

3. Ear canal (i) Ear bone

from ear to brain
4. Cochlear fluid (iv) Signal
5. Malleus (v) Inner ear

E. Identify the pictures as producers of pleasant and unpleasant sounds.

1. 2

3. 4.

Subjective Type Exercises

A. Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is the role of sound in our lives?

2. How is sound produced?

3. What do you feel when you touch a school bell when it is producing sOuna
 4. A rubber band is stretched across a length and plucked. What happens on plucking ie

5. Name some traditional musical instruments used in our country which are Simpiy
beaten or struck.

6. Name two musical instruments which produce sound by vibrating strings.

7. Does any part of our body vibrate when we speak? Name the part.

8. What is meant by vacuum?

body vibrate? Name the part.

9 When we hear a sound, does any part of our

other end.
on a table and the
other scratches gently at the
10. A child places his ear

Does the first child hear the sound? Why?

 11. What is meant
by eardrum?

L. How is the frequency of oscillation related to the time period?

13. List two factors which help to distinguish between different sounds.

14. Which one of the two sounds has higher pitch-roaring of a lion or chirping ofa
bird?

15. What type of sound would you call that coming from construction sites or automobile
horns: noise or music?

16. We have a stringed musical instrument. The string is plucked in the middle first
with a force of greater magnitude and then with a force of smaller magnitude.
In which case would the instrument produce a louder sound?

B. Short Answer Questions

1. In a hide and seek game, how is the blind folded person able to guess whicn
player is closest to him?
2. List few sounds you hear in your surroundings.

3. When a musical instrument is played, is it actually only a part of it which vibrates

4. How is the quality of voice of two persons different?

shown below and blow

5. Make narrow slits in the paper as
observation.
air through the slit. Write your

standing at a distance able to hear your voice?

6. How is your friend

dolphins communicate in water?

7. How do whales and
8. One can hear the sound of a far approaching train by putting his ear on
the rails.
cannot hear the sound in air unless the train reached close to him. Why

9. Lightning be seen the moment it occurs. Paheli observes lightning in her area
can
She hears the sound 5 s after she observed lightning. Howfar is she from the place
where lightning occurs? (Speed of sound 330 m/s). [NCERT Exemplar
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10. How do children communicate

using a toy telephone?

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11. What is the role of eardrum in
hearing?

12. One should not put a pointed or sharp thing into the ear. Why?
 13. How does the loudness depend on the amplitude of vibration?

14. Why is the voice of a baby different from an adult?

15. Why is the voice of a woman shriller than that of a man?

16. What are the uses of ultrasound?

out of the glass, how does the

17. A cellphone is placed in aglass and air is sucked
ringing sound of the cellphone change? Why?

same time and at the same

18. Lightning and thunder take place in the sky at the
distance from us. Lightning is seen earlier and thunder is heard later. Can you

explain why?
 Or
Boojho saw a cracker burst at night at a distance from his house. He heard the
SOund of the cracker a little later after seeing the cracker burst. Give reason for

the delay in hearing the sound.

19. A simple pendulum makes 10 oscillations in 20 seconds. What is the time period
and frequency of its oscillation?

20. Suppose a stick is struck against a frying pan in vacuum. Will the frying pan
vibrate? Will we be able to hear the sound? Explain.

they talk to each

21. Two astronauts are floating close to each other in space. Can
other without using any special device? Give reasons.

22. What is the difference between noise and music? Can music become noise
sometimes?
 23. List sources of noise pollution in your surroundings.

Or
List three sources of noise pollution in your locality.

24. Explain in what way noise pollution is harmful to humans.

offered one on the

25 Your parents are going to buy a house. They have been
house would you
roadside and another three lanes away from the roadside. Which
suggest your parents should buy? Explain your
answer.

transmitted and heard by us?

26. How is sound produced and how is it

Bea Genius
bodies? Explain.
1. Do we hear the sound of all vibrating
Or

We have learnt that vibration is necessary

for producing sound. Explain why the
cannot be heard by us?
sound produced by every vibrating body
2. Explain how a jaltarang produces sounds of different frequencies.

3. Describe how a plastic-can eardrum is made and how does it work.

4. How can noise pollution be controlled in residential area?

Or
Suggest three measures to limit noise pollution in your locality.

5. Discuss the astonishing facts related to the tomb of Golconda Fort. What was their
use in ancient times?
6. Describe an activity to show amplitude of vibrations.
7. Write a short note on hearing impairment.
A tie made of thread is held as shown in the figure below.

what does
Keeping the thread taut, if the girl moves her finger along the thread,
the boy hear and why? Does girl also hear the sound?
Two toy telephones are made and held as shown. Their strings are taut and touch
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each other. If one person speaks, can all three hear? How?

10. The townhall building is situated close to Boojho's house. There is a clock on the
top of the townhall building which rings the bell every hour. Boojho has noticed
that the sound of the clock appears to be much clearer at night. Explain.