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ClassIX Ch11 Physics Assignment 2024-25

The document is an assignment for Class IX Physics focusing on the chapter about sound, containing multiple choice questions, very short answer questions, short answer questions, assertion-reason questions, long answer questions, case study based questions, and numerical problems. It covers various concepts related to sound, including wave types, properties, and applications. The assignment aims to test students' understanding of sound and its characteristics.

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ClassIX Ch11 Physics Assignment 2024-25

The document is an assignment for Class IX Physics focusing on the chapter about sound, containing multiple choice questions, very short answer questions, short answer questions, assertion-reason questions, long answer questions, case study based questions, and numerical problems. It covers various concepts related to sound, including wave types, properties, and applications. The assignment aims to test students' understanding of sound and its characteristics.

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BOPAL,

AHMEDABAD
Class: IX, PHYSICS (2024-25)
ASSIGNMENT

Chapter 11: SOUND

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:


1. The ultrasonic waves can penetrate into matter to a large extent because they have:
(a) High frequency (b) High amplitude (c) High wavelength (d) High speed

2. We cannot hear on the moon because


(a) The moon is small (b) The moon has no habitation
(c) The moon has no material medium (d) All of the above reasons

3. If the speed of a wave is 340 m/s and its frequency is 1700 Hz, then λ for this wave in cm will be:
(a) 2 (b) 0.2 (c) 20 (d) 200

4. The loudness of a particular sound depends on the:


(a) Amplitude of sound (b) Sensitivity of the ears of the listener
(c) Both (a) and (d) (d) Frequency

5. The unit of loudness is:


(a) Dyne (b) Bel
(c) Joule (d) Watt

6. Sound travels in air:


(a) If particles of medium travel from one place to another
(b) If there is no moisture in the atmosphere
(c) If disturbance moves
(d) If both, particles as well as disturbance move from one place to another

7. Earthquake produces which kind of sound before the main shock wave begins:
(a) Ultrasound (b) Infrasound (c) Audible sound (d) None of the above

8. The phenomenon of persistence of sound after the source has stopped is called:
(a) Reverberation (b)Echo (c)Resonance (d) Reflection

9. The minimum distance from a sound-reflecting surface required to hear an echo is:
(a) 10 meters (b) 17 meters (c) 20 meters (d) 34 meters

10. Before playing the orchestra in a musical concert, a sitarist tries to adjust the tension and pluck the
string suitably. By doing so, she is adjusting:
(a) Intensity of the sound only
(b) Amplitude of the sound only
(c) Frequency of the sitar with the frequency of other musical instruments
(d) Loudness of sound

1.(a) 2. (c) 3(c) 4(c) 5(b) 6(c) 7(b) 8(a) 9(b) 10(c)
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
1. What are mechanical waves?
2. What are transverse waves?
3. What are longitudinal waves?
4. Name two animals which can produce infrasonic waves.
5. Write the relation between frequency and wavelength.
6. In which medium sound travels fastest.
7. What is reverberation?
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
1. State two laws of reflection of sound.
2. Distinguish between echo and reverberation.
3. What are the applications of a SONAR?
4. Draw labelled diagrams to represent (a) soft sound, and (b) loud sound, of the same frequency in same
graph.
5. Write the applications of multiple reflection of sound
6. State three factors on which speed of sound depends.
7. A boy strikes one end of a long pipe with a stone. Another boy who keeps his ear close to the
other end of the pipe heard two sounds in a short interval of time. Why?

ASSERTION REASON QUESTIONS:


In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion is given and a corresponding statement of
Reason is given just below it. Of the statements,
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion & reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false but reason is true

1. Assertion: Echo is produced when sound is incident on hard and polished surface.
Reason: Sound energy can be totally reflected by objects with soft and loose texture.

2. Assertion : Compression and rarefaction involve changes in density and pressure.


Reason : When particles are compressed, density of medium increases and when they are rarefied,
density of medium decreases.

3. Assertion: A whistle emitting waves of frequency 22000 Hz makes a dog sitting nearby respond.
Reason: Dogs can listen frequency greater than 20000 Hz.

4. Assertion : The particles do not travel all the way from the vibrating object to the ear.
Reason : A particle of the medium in contact with the vibrating object is first displaced from its
equilibrium position.

5. Assertion: Noise is irritating for the ears.


Reason: Musical sound consists of regular succession of pulses in which there is no sudden
change in amplitude.

1.(c) 2. (a) 3(a) 4(b) 5(b)

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:


1. Explain with the help of diagram, how defects in a metal block can be detected using ultrasound.
2. Briefly explain three uses of ultrasound in the field of medicine.
3. Can transverse wave travel in gas? Can longitudinal wave travel in solid, liquid as well as gas? At any
instant a compression is formed at a point. After how much time (a) a rarefaction (b) a compression
will be formed at the same point?
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS:
The formation of ripples on the surface of water is a good example of wave motion. Here, the water is the
medium of wave motion, the energy carried by the stone disturbs the water molecule close to it. By
gaining energy from the stone, the water molecule near the stone start vibrating up and down. They in
turn produce similar motion in other neighbouring particles. The particles of the medium do not move
forward themselves but the disturbance is carried forward. Wave motion is a disturbance produced in a
vibratory medium that travels from one point to another point involving the transfer of energy but not the
transfer of any matter of the medium with it.

When an object vibrates, it sets the particle of the medium around the object into vibration. These
vibrating particles exert a force on the adjacent particles of the medium. This makes the adjacent particles
Displace from their mean position. These displaced vibrating particles further disturb their adjacent
particles. This process continues till the sound reaches our ears.
Answer the following:
(a) Name a factor on which the speed of sound depends.
(b) Does speed of sound vary in different directions in a medium?
(c) How does sound travel in a medium?
(d) What is the preferable medium for the motion of sound?

NUMERICALS:

1. A sound wave is moving in air with a velocity of 340 m/s. Calculate the wavelength if its frequency
is: (a) 256 vibrations per second (b) 50 Hz
2. A sound wave has a frequency of 1 kHz and wavelength 40 cm. How long will it take to travel 1.5
km?
3. A stone is dropped into a well 441 m deep. The sound of the splash is heard 3.13 s after the stone is
dropped. Find the velocity of sound in air.

4. Find the distance travelled by a sound wave of frequency20kHz, wavelength 1.7cm in10s.

5. A man standing 48 m away from a wall fires a gun. Calculate the time after which an echo is heard.
(The speed of sound in air is 320 ms−1).
6.
7. The distance between the crest and trough of a transverse wave is 15 cm. What is the velocity of the
wave if its frequency is 1000 Hz?

6. A boy stands 33 m from a high wall and claps his hands. Will he hear a distinct echo? Give reasons
for your answer. (Given velocity of sound is 330 ms-1).

7. Calculate the time taken by a sound wave of frequency 1000 Hz and wavelength 50 cm to travel a
distance of 500 m.
8. a) What is an echo ? How is echo formed ?
(b) What is the minimum distance in air required from a sound reflecting surface to hear an echo (at
20°C) ?
(c) A man standing 825 metres away from a cliff (steep rock) fires a gun. After how long will he hear
its echo ? Speed of sound in air is 330 m/s. (5sec)

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