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Cbse Class 9 Worksheet Sound

The document contains a worksheet with questions related to the properties and behavior of sound, including its production, propagation, and characteristics. It includes multiple-choice questions and short answer prompts that cover topics such as the speed of sound in different mediums, the distinction between echo and reverberation, and the principles of sound wave reflection. The worksheet is designed to assess understanding of sound concepts in a structured format.

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Cbse Class 9 Worksheet Sound

The document contains a worksheet with questions related to the properties and behavior of sound, including its production, propagation, and characteristics. It includes multiple-choice questions and short answer prompts that cover topics such as the speed of sound in different mediums, the distinction between echo and reverberation, and the principles of sound wave reflection. The worksheet is designed to assess understanding of sound concepts in a structured format.

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Chapter-5

Worksheet-1

Section 1
Q1. How sound is produced?
Q2. Write short note on propagation of sound.
Q3. Why a medium is required for sound to travel?
Q4. Differentiate between longitudinal and Transverse waves.
Q5. Explain characteristics of a sound wave in brief.
Q6. How does Amplitude affect the sound?
Q7. ‘Speed of sound is fastest in solids’. Comment.
Q8. Explain an activity to verify law of reflection of sound.
Q9. What is Echo? How it is different from Reverberation?
Q10. Explain the working principles of a stethoscope.

Section 2
Q11. The sound can travel in air when:
a) Particles of medium travel from one place to another
b) There is no moisture in the atmosphere
c) Disturbance travel from one place to another
d) Both particles as well as disturbance travel from one place
to another
Answer: c
Q12. We can distinguish between a man’s voice and a woman’s voice
of the same loudness even without seeing them. This is due to a
characteristic of sound which measures the shrillness of sounds. Can
you choose the correct unit of the quantity on which this
characteristic of sound depends?
a) Hertz
b) m/s
c) meter
d) unit less
Answer: a

Q13. A key of mechanical piano is first struck gently and then struck
again but much harder this time. What kind of change in sound will
you observe in the second case?
a) Sound will be louder but the pitch will not be different
b) Sound will be louder and the pitch will also be higher
c) Sound will be louder but the pitch will be lower
d) Both loudness and pitch will remain unaffected
Answer: c

Q14. The echo-receiver of a sonar attached to a ship, receives the


echo from the bottom of sea 4 seconds after the ultrasonic waves were
sent into the sea. If the speed of sound in water is 1500 m/s, then what
is the depth of the sea?
a) 6000 m
b) 3000 m
c) 15000 m
d) 3500 m
Answer: b
Q15. Before the main shock waves, the earthquake produces the
characteristic sound waves which some animals like rhinoceros can
hear. Can you guess the kind of sound waves produced here?
a) Infrasonic
b) Ultrasonic
c) Audible
d) None of these
Answer: a

Q16. On increasing the temperature, the speed of sound in air:


a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Does not change
d) First increases then become constant.
Answer: a
Q17. We can easily distinguish between the sounds of the different
singers even without having seen them. This is all due the different
quality or timber of their sounds. On what factor does the quality of
sound depend?
a) Wavelength
b) Waveform
c) Wace frequency
d) Wace amplitude
Answer: b
Q18. Before playing the orchestra in a musical concert, a sitarist tries
to adjust the tension and pluck the string suitably. By doing so, he is
adjusting
i. Amplitude of the sound
ii. Frequency of the sitar string with the frequency of other musical
instruments
iii. Intensity of sound
iii. Loudness of sound
Choose the correct option:
a) (i) and (iii)
b) only (ii)
c) (ii) and (iv)
d) only (iv)
Answer: b

Q19. The bats can fly in the darkness of night without colliding with
the other objects by emitting special sounds while flying. Which
characteristic of sound is used by the bats to navigate?
a) Infrasound
b) Ultrasound
c) Audible sound
d) None of these
Answer: b

Q20. Which of the following can produce longitudinal as well as


transverse waves under different conditions?
a) Bats
b) Slinky
c) Tuning fork
d) None of these
Answer: b

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