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Describe a simple experiment to determine the speed of sound in air. What approximation is made in the method described by you ?

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ICSE-PROPAGATION OF SOUND WAVES -EXERCISE -8(A)
  1. Compare approximately the speed of sound in air, water and steel

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

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

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

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  5. If you place your ear close to an iron railing which is tapped some di...

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  6. The sound of an explosion on the surface of a lake is heard by a boat ...

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  7. How do the following factors affect, if at all, the speed of sound in ...

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  8. How do the following factors affect, if at all, the speed of sound in ...

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  9. How do the following factors affect, if at all, the speed of sound in ...

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  10. How do the following factors affect, if at all, the speed of sound in ...

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  11. How does the speed of sound change with change in amplitude .

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  12. How does the speed of sound change with change in wavelength of sound ...

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  13. In which medium the speed of sound is more : humid air or dry air ? Gi...

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  14. How does the speed of sound in air vary with temperature ?

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  15. Describe a simple experiment to determine the speed of sound in air. W...

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  16. Complete the following sentence : Sound can not travel through .......

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  17. Complete the following sentence : When sound travels in a medium, t...

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  18. Complete the following sentence : A longitudinal wave is composed o...

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  19. Complete the following sentence : A transverse wave is composed of ...

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  20. Complete the following sentence : Wave velocity = …………….. xx wavele...

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