Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
The velocity of sound is generally great...

The velocity of sound is generally greater in solids than in gases because

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • WAVE MOTION AND SOUND

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise PROBLEMS (LEVEL - I)|60 Videos

  • WAVE MOTION AND SOUND

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise PROBLEMS (LEVEL - II)|81 Videos

  • WAVE MOTION AND SOUND

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise EXERCISE (LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS)|1 Videos

  • WAVE MOTION

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise PRACTICE SHEET ADVANCED (INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS)|10 Videos

  • WAVE OPTICS

    AAKASH SERIES|Exercise PROBLEMS (LEVEL - II)|20 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

(A): The velocity of sound in hydrogen gas is more than the velocity of sound in oxygen gas. (R): The density of hydrogen is more than the density of oxygen.

When both source and listener approach each other with a velocity equal to half the velocity of sound, the change in frequency of the sound as detected by the listener is (frequency of sound = n)

(A) : The wave length of sound waves increa ses when they are refracted from air into water (R): Velocity of sound is greater in water than in air

(A): Sound would travel faster on a hot summer day than on a cold winter day. (R): Velocity of sound is directly proportional to the square of its absolute temperature.

Generally solid solutions are available in

AAKASH SERIES-WAVE MOTION AND SOUND-EXERCISE (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
  1. A wire of length 'l' is vibrating in three segments. What is the wavel...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. What is the ratio of the frequency of fouth overtone to the fundamenta...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. What happens to the fundamental frequency of a stretched string when t...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. What happens to the fundamental frequency of a stretched string when i...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Two identical wires on a sonometer, are stretched with the same tensio...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. What is the effect of temperature on frequency tuning fork?

    Text Solution

    |

  7. What happens to the frequency of a tuning fork. When it is loaded wi...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What happens to the frequency of a tuning fork. When it is filled?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. What is the influence of resonance on the forced vibrations?

    Text Solution

    |

  10. What is the condition for resonance to occur?

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Soldiers marching on a bridge are often ordered to go out of step why?

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Why sound can not travel in vacuum, while light can?

    Text Solution

    |

  13. What is Newton's formula for velocity of sound in a gas? How is it cor...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The velocity of sound is generally greater in solids than in gases bec...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The velocity of sound in oxygen in lesser than in hydrogen.Explain.

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Use the formula upsilon = sqrt((gamma P )/( rho )) to explain why the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Use the formula upsilon = sqrt((gamma P )/( rho )) to explain why the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Three identical sound waves pass through an air column, a brass rod an...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Two identical travelling waves moving in the same direction are out of...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A sound wave travelling along an air column of a pipe gets reflected a...

    Text Solution

    |