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Explain the meaning of terms compression and rarefaction in relation to a longitudnal wave.

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ICSE-PROPAGATION OF SOUND WAVES -EXERCISE -8(A)
  1. What is a longitudinal wave ? In which medium: solid, liquid or gas, c...

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  2. What is a transverse wave ? In which medium: solid, liquid or gas, can...

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  3. Explain the meaning of terms compression and rarefaction in relation t...

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  4. Explain the terms crest and trough in relation to a transverse wave.

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  5. Describe an experiment to show that in wave motion, only energy is tra...

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  6. Define the term amplitude of a wave. Write its S.I. unit.

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  7. What do you mean by the term frequency of a wave ? State its S.I. unit...

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  8. How is the frequency of a wave related to its time period ?

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  9. Define the term wave velocity. Write its S.I. unit.

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  10. Draw displacement-time graph of a wave and show on it the amplitude an...

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  11. Draw a displacement-distance graph of a wave and mark on it, the ampli...

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  12. How are the wave velocity V, frequency f and wavelength lambda of a w...

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  13. State two properties of the medium on which the speed of sound in it d...

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  14. Arrange the speed of sound in gases Vg, solids Vs and liquids Vl in an...

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  15. State the speed of light

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  16. State the speed of sound in air ?

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  17. Compare approximately the speed of sound in air, water and steel

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  18. Answer the following: Can sound travel in vacuum ?

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  19. Answer the following: How does the speed of sound differ in different ...

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  20. Flash of lightning reaches us earlier than the sound of thunder. Expla...

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