Characteristics of Sound
Physics ⇒ Waves and Sound
Characteristics of Sound starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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A sound wave has a wavelength of 2 meters and a frequency of 170 Hz. What is its speed?
A sound wave travels 680 meters in 2 seconds. What is its speed?
Describe what happens to the loudness of a sound as you move farther away from the source.
Describe what is meant by the term 'echo'.
Explain why sound travels faster in solids than in gases.
If a sound wave has a frequency of 500 Hz, how many vibrations does it make in one second?
If a sound wave has a high frequency, what can you say about its pitch?
If a sound wave has a time period of 0.01 seconds, what is its frequency?
If the amplitude of a sound wave increases, what happens to its loudness?
If the frequency of a sound wave is doubled, what happens to its pitch?
Name the three main characteristics of sound.
What happens to the speed of sound as it moves from air to water?
What is the main difference between noise and music in terms of sound characteristics?
What is the main reason why sound cannot travel through space?
What is the term for the number of vibrations per second of a sound wave?
What is the typical range of human hearing in hertz?
What is the unit of frequency?
Which characteristic of sound helps us to identify a person’s voice?
Which property of sound allows us to distinguish between a piano and a violin playing the same note at the same loudness?
