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The document contains questions about temperature, thermometers, scales of measurement, and properties of materials related to temperature change. It also contains conceptual questions about waves, including topics like interference, diffraction, sound waves, and electromagnetic waves. Key aspects addressed are how temperature is defined and measured, characteristics of materials used in thermometers, conversions between temperature scales, and conceptual definitions and relationships for different wave phenomena.

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Final 9

The document contains questions about temperature, thermometers, scales of measurement, and properties of materials related to temperature change. It also contains conceptual questions about waves, including topics like interference, diffraction, sound waves, and electromagnetic waves. Key aspects addressed are how temperature is defined and measured, characteristics of materials used in thermometers, conversions between temperature scales, and conceptual definitions and relationships for different wave phenomena.

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1. Which of the following best defines temperature?

Temperature is:

A. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body

B. the measure of the average kinetic energy of a molecule in a body

C. the measure of the total kinetic energy of a molecule in a body

D. A and B E. A and C

2. Which one of the following instruments is used to measure the temperature of a body?

A. Anemometer B. Barometer C. Hydrometer D. Thermometer

3. In constructing a thermometer it is necessary to use a substance that:

A. Expands or contracts with change in temperature

B. Remains constant while heating or cooling

C. Explode while heating

D. None of the above

4. At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and Celsius scale read the Same value?

A. 40oC, 40oF B. -40o C, 40oF C. -40oC, − 40oF D. 40oC, −40oF

5. Room temperature is about 20 degrees on the:

A. Kelvin scale B. Celsius scale C. Fahrenheit scale D. Absolute scale

6. Thin strips of iron and zinc are weld together to form a bimetallic Strip that bends when heated. The iron is on the
inside of the bend because:

A. It has higher coefficient of linear expansion

B. It has higher specific heat

C. It has higher temperature

D. It has lower temperature

7. Which one of the following sets of temperatures are equivalent?

A. 50oF, 10oC, 283.15 K

B. 68oF, 20oC, 341.15 K

C. 86oF, 30oC, 187.15 K

D. None
8. An annular thin ring of aluminum is cut from the aluminum sheet

as shown below. When the ring is heated:

A. The aluminum expands outward and the hole remains the same

B. The hole decreases in diameter

C. The diameter of the hole expands with the same percent as any

length of the aluminum

D. Linear expansion forces the shape of the hole to be elliptical13. With reference to waves, a disturbance is:

(a) An oscillation produced by some energy that creates a wave.

(b) The resistance produced by some particles of a material.

(c) The number of oscillations per unit time

(d) The constructive or destructive interference of waves.

14. What is the period of a wave with a frequency of 2 Hz?

(a) 1 s

(b) 4 s

(c) 0.5 s

(d) 2 s

15. What kind of interference occurs between two identical waves moving in opposite directions?

(a) Constructive interference

(b) Destructive interference

(c) Both constructive and destructive interference

(d) Neither constructive nor destructive interference

16. Diffraction is

(a) The constructive interference of two waves of the same frequency travelling in the same direction

(b) The change in direction of waves as they pass through an opening or around a barrier in their path

(c) The change in the direction of waves as they pass from one Medium to another

(d) The a change in the direction of waves when they bounce off a barrier

17. A closed organ pipe has

(a) A node at the closed end and an antinode at the open end
(b) An antinode at the closed end and a node at the open end

(c) A node at each end

(d) An antinode at each end

18. The loudness (or intensity) of a sound wave is related to its

(a) Frequency (b) Wavelength (c) Amplitude (d) Period

Part II: Conceptual questions and workout problems

1. Calculate the period of a simple pendulum of length 4m.

2. An object of mass 2kg is attached to one end of a spring of spring Constant 800N/m. If the object is undergoing periodic
motion on a Smooth horizontal surface, what is the period of oscillation?

3. Explain the difference in the speed of sound:

(a) Between solids, liquids and gases

(b) Between warm air and cold air

4. In which type of wave are the vibrations parallel to the direction of wave propagation? Give at least two examples for
such type of wave.

5. An electromagnetic wave has a wavelength of 10 nm. Calculate its frequency.

6. Draw diagrams to illustrate the difference between constructive and destructive interference.

7. Two identical waves of amplitude 4cm meet. What will be the amplitude of the combined wave at a point where:

(a) They interfere constructively?

(b) They interfere destructively?

8. Imagine you are sitting in a room and someone is playing kirar outside and next to your room. You may be able to hear
the sound of the kirar through the open doorway, though you cannot see the kirarist. Explain why?

9. Sound travels along a steel rod of length 4m in a time of 0.0008 s. What is the speed of sound in the steel?

10. Calculate the speed of sound in air at 30 degree Celsius.

11. Suppose a man stands at a distance from a cliff and claps his hands.

He receives an echo from the cliff after 2 seconds. Calculate the distance between the man and the cliff. Take the speed
of sound to be 343 m/s.

12. A ship is sailing in a part of the sea where seabed is 500m below the ship. The ship uses sonar to detect the seabed.
How long will it take a pulse of sound to travel to the seabed and return to the ship. Use Speed of sound in sea water to
be 1500m/s.

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