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MODERN PUBLICATION-WAVES-REVISION EXERCISES
  1. Define the term wave motion.

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  2. What are matter waves ?

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  3. What are longitudinal waves and transverse waves ?

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  4. Is it possible to have longitudinal waves on a string? A transverse wa...

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  5. Transverse wave motion is possible in which media : solid, liquid, gas...

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  6. Define crest and trough.

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  7. Longitudinal waves are possible in

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

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  9. On plucking the wire of a sonometer, which type of waves are produced ...

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

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  11. What is the distance between a compression and its nearest rarefaction...

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  12. What is the effect of temperature on the speed of sound ?

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  13. In which medium the speed of sound is greater : in moist air or in dry...

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  14. What will be the the time period of a vibrating source if the waveleng...

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  15. Can sound waves travel through vacuum ?

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  16. How velocity of sound in a gaseous medium is affected by the density o...

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  17. What is the effect of pitch and loudness on the velocity of sound ?

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  18. Stethoscope used by doctors is based on which phenomenon ?

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  19. What is the shape of the graph between the pressure and speed of sound...

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  20. State the principle of superposition of waves.

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