Sound Production
Physics ⇒ Waves and Sound
Sound Production starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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A student strikes a tuning fork and places it near a glass of water. The water surface vibrates. What does this show about sound?
Describe how a guitar produces sound.
Describe how sound is produced when you clap your hands.
Describe what happens to the sound produced if the frequency of vibration increases.
Describe what happens when you pluck a stretched rubber band and why you hear a sound.
Explain how sound is produced in a wind instrument like a trumpet.
Explain why a bell stops making sound after a while when struck.
A student strikes a tuning fork and places it near a glass of water. The water surface vibrates. What does this show about sound?
Sound cannot travel through which of the following?
(1) Solids
(2) Liquids
(3) Gases
(4) Vacuum
Which of the following best describes how a drum produces sound?
(1) By vibrating strings
(2) By vibrating a stretched membrane
(3) By vibrating air columns
(4) By vibrating metal bars
Which of the following instruments produces sound by vibrating air columns?
(1) Drum
(2) Flute
(3) Guitar
(4) Piano
Which of the following is an example of a string instrument?
(1) Violin
(2) Trumpet
(3) Drum
(4) Flute
Fill in the blank: Sound is a type of _______ wave.
Fill in the blank: Sound is produced when an object _______.
Fill in the blank: Sound travels fastest in _______.
Fill in the blank: The _______ of a sound depends on how fast an object vibrates.
True or False: A thicker guitar string produces a lower pitch than a thinner string of the same length.
True or False: All sounds are produced by living things.
True or False: Sound can be produced by both living and non-living things.
True or False: Sound can be produced without any vibration.
