ASSIGNMENT
SOUND
1. In humans, sound is produced by the ______________.
2. The range of audible frequencies for the human ear is roughly from ______ to ______ Hz.
3. Write the difference between noise and music. Can music become noise sometimes?
4. Why can we not hear the screams of a bat?
5. Name the unit used to measure the loudness of sound.
6. Out of a man and a woman:
(a) who has shorter vocal cords? (b) who produces sound of higher pitch?
7. Out of solids, liquids and gases :
(a) in which medium sound travels slowest? (b) in which medium sound travels fastest?
8. What is the relation between ‘time-period’ and ‘frequency’ of an oscillating body?
9. If 125 oscillations are produced in 5 seconds, what is the frequency in hertz?
10. What name is given to the maximum displacement of a vibrating body from its central position?
11. How does loudness depend on the amplitude of vibrations?
12. On what factor does the pitch of a sound depend?
13. Name the characteristic of sound which depends on:
(a) amplitude (b) frequency.
14. Who produces sound of higher pitch: a man or a woman? Why?
15. What are the methods to control noise pollution?
16. What can be done along the roads to reduce noise pollution caused by traffic from reaching the residents
of the area?
17. Explain why, the flash of lightning is seen first but the sound of thunder is heard a little later (though
lightning and thunder take place in the sky at the same time and same distance from us).
18. What is the frequency of a vibrating body whose time-period is 0.05 second?
19. Why sound cannot travel through vacuum (or through outer space)?
20. Explain how, noise pollution (or excessive loud noise) is harmful to human beings.
