Properties of sound & Physics of music

What type of wave is a sound wave?

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Ultraviolet Wave

Which of the following best describes the distance from any point on a wave to the corresponding point on the next wave?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Wave Height

The speed of sound, like all waves, depends on the _____________ through which it travels.

• conductor

• medium

• object

• vacuum

The loudness (or intensity) of a sound wave is related to the _________________

• amplitude

• frequency

• temperature

• wavelength

The speed of sound in air depends on the _____________ of the air.

• amplitude

• frequency

• temperature

• wavelength

A person moves away from a loud speaker. The frequency observed by that person______________

• becomes zero

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

Which one of the following factors determines the pitch of a sound?

• Amplitude

• Distance of sound wave from the source

• Frequency

• Speed of the sound wave

For a musical instrument, the lowest frequency of sound that resonates is called the

• fundamental

• harmonic

• overtone

• resonance

Calculate the wavelength of a soundwave of frequency 600 Hz travelling at 340 m/s.

• 0.56 m

• 1.29 m

• 450 m

• 149600 m

In order for two sound waves to produce audible beats, it is essential that the two waves have_______________

• the same amplitude

• the same frequencies

• the same number of overtones

• slightly different frequencies