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What do mechanical waves transfer : energy, matter, both or neither ?

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Mechanical waves transfer only energy from one point to another.
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PRADEEP-OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES-Very Short Answer Questions
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  2. In a longitudinal wave, there is a state of maximum compression at a p...

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  3. What do mechanical waves transfer : energy, matter, both or neither ?

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  4. What are pressure waves?

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  5. What type of motion particles of a medium execute when a wave passes t...

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  6. What determines the type of wave motion in a medium ?

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  7. Which property is common in all types of mechanical waves?

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  8. Light waves can be polarised but sound waves cannot be. Why?

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  9. Why is sound hear in CO(2) more intense in comparison to sound heard i...

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  10. What will be the speed of sound in a perfectly rigid rod?

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  11. Sound is produced at a time in two exactly identical strings, one of r...

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  12. What type of graph you expect between speed of sound through a gas and...

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  13. Sound travels faster on a rainy day than on a dry day. Why?

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  14. Which characteristic of the medium determines the velocity of sound wa...

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  15. In which medium do the sound waves travel faster, solids, liquids or g...

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  16. How does velocity of sound in air change when temperature rises by 1^(...

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  17. What is the order of wavelength of visible light and audible sound?

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  18. What is the evidence in support of the fact that (a) sound is a wave (...

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  19. The density of oxygejn is 16 times the density of hydrogen. What is th...

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  20. What is the effect of pressure on speed of sound in air?

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