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IGCSE Grade 8 Sound 6.2 WS

The document is a practice worksheet for an 8th grade physics class on sound waves and interference of sound waves. It contains 12 multiple choice or short answer questions about the nature of sound waves including: what type of waves sound waves are, the speed of sound in air, how pitch is affected by frequency, the definition of amplitude and echo, why sound travels faster in solids than gases, the definition of sound wave interference, and why explosions on other planets cannot be heard from Earth.

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IGCSE Grade 8 Sound 6.2 WS

The document is a practice worksheet for an 8th grade physics class on sound waves and interference of sound waves. It contains 12 multiple choice or short answer questions about the nature of sound waves including: what type of waves sound waves are, the speed of sound in air, how pitch is affected by frequency, the definition of amplitude and echo, why sound travels faster in solids than gases, the definition of sound wave interference, and why explosions on other planets cannot be heard from Earth.

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Practice worksheet

PHYSICS-Grade 8
Interference of sound waves

Question 1: What type of waves are sound waves?

(a) Electromagnetic waves


(b) Transverse waves
(c) Mechanical waves
(d) Longitudinal waves

Question 2: What is the speed of sound in air at room


temperature?

(a) 343 meters per second


(b) 300,000,000 meters per second
(c) 1500 meters per second
(d) 0 meters per second

Question 3: What happens to the pitch of a sound when its


frequency increases?

(a) The pitch decreases.


(b) The pitch remains constant.
(c) The pitch increases.
(d) The pitch becomes inaudible.

Question 4: What is the amplitude of a sound wave?


(a) The speed at which the wave travels
(b) The loudness or volume of the sound
(c) The distance between two consecutive crests or troughs
(d) The time it takes for one complete vibration

Question 5: What is an echo?

(a) The interference of two sound waves


(b) The reflection of sound waves off a surface
(c) The bending of sound waves around obstacles
(d) The difference in loudness of two sound sources

Question 6: Why does sound travel faster in solids than in


gases?

(a) Solids have more mass than gases.


(b) Solids have more particles than gases.
(c) Solids have higher temperatures than gases.
(d) Solids have a higher elasticity than gases.

7. What is meant by Sound wave interference?

8. State true or false: The source of sound is vibration.

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

9. How is sound wave interference classified?


10. An electric bell is placed inside a transparent glass jar. The bell can be
turned on and off using a switch on the outside of the jar. A vacuum is created
inside the jar by sucking out the air. Then the bell is rung using the switch.
What will we see and hear?

10. In which medium does the sound wave travel the fastest?

11. What is the nature of sound waves?


12. Explosions happening on other planets cannot be heard from Earth. Why?

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