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What is kidnapped, blindfolded and imprisoned in a big room. How could the man tell if he was in:

(a) a city (b) a village


(c) a bare room (d) a furnished room?

(a) if the man hears lot of noise of heavy traffic then he is in a city.

(b) if the man hears very little noise of traffic then he is in a village.


(c) if he hears echoes of person talking he is in a bare room.


(d) if he hears less echoes then he is in a furnished room.


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Consider the following sound waves marked A, B, C and D:

(a) Which two waves represent sounds of the same loudness but different pitch?


(b) Which two waves represent sounds of the same frequency but different loudness?


(c) State whether all these sound waves have been produced by the same vibrating body or different vibrating bodies?


(d) Which vibrating body/bodies could have generated the sound waves shown here?

87

In an experiment, Anhad studies sound waves. He sets up a loudspeaker to produce sound as shown below:

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Anhad adjusts the signal to the loudspeaker to give a sound of frequency 200 Hz.


(a) What happens to the air in-between Anhas and the loudspeaker?


(b) Explain how Anhad receives sound in both ears.

88

Figure X showa a trace of a sound wave produced by a particular tuning fork:

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(a) On the graph paper given in Figure Y, draw a trace of the sound wave which has higher frequency than that shown in Figure X.


(b) On the graph paper shoen in Figure Z, draw a trace of the sound wave which has a larger amplitude than that shown in Figure X.

89

Three different vibrating objects produce three types of sounds X, Y and Z. Sounds X and Y cannot be heard by a man having normal range of hearing but sound Z can be heard easily. The sound X is used in hospitals to break kidney stones of a patient into fine grains whioch then get flushed out with urine. The sound Y is similar to that which is produced during an earthquake before the main shock wave is generated.

(a) What type of sounds are (i) X, (ii) Y, and (iii) Z?


(b) Name one device which can produce sound like X.


(c) Name one device in a science laboratory which can produce sound like Y.


(d) Name one device in our homes which can produce sound like Z.


(e) What is the frequency range of sounds like Z?