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School Physics Quiz : Sound


Answer the following questions based on sound.

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1.

Sound can be reflected as well as refracted.

  True

  False

 

2.

A _______ note is the lowest note obtained on blowing gently across the top of a test-tube.

  overtone

  harmonic

  fundamental

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

An airtight bell-jar is inverted on a platform connected to a vacuum pump. An electric bell fitted into the jar is operated but its sound cannot be heard. This is because sound cannot travel through _______.

  glass

  air

  vacuum

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.

Sounds travels faster in air as compared to water.

  True

  False

 

5.

The sound of thunder is heard 7 s after the flash of lightning. If the speed of sound in air is 330 m/s, then the cloud is at a distance of _______.

  47.1 m

  94.3 m

  1155 m

  2310 m

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

The part of the inner ear shaped like a snail is called the _______.

  eardrum

  cochlea

  hammer

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

Echoes are caused by _______ of sound.

  refraction

  rarefaction

  reflection

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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