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WorksheetsWaves quiz 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Waves that require a material medium for their propagation are called
Electromagnetic Waves
Mechanical waves
Radio waves
Light waves
The wave which transfers energy in moving away from the source of vibration is called:
Traveling waves
light waves
heat waves
water waves
Which of the statement is true:
Waves transport energy without transporting matter
Waves transport matter without transporting energy
Waves neither transport matter nor energy
waves transport both matter and energy
Distance between two successive crests and troughs are called
Amplitude
Displacement
wavelength
Area
All parts of wave motion moves with
same speed
different speed
random motion
None of these
If 100 waves per second pass through a medium with a speed of 100 m/s, wavelength of these waves is
1 m
100 m
10 m
0.5 m
The portion of waves above the mean level is called
crest
trough
phase
amplitude
who did give the correct formula for the speed of sound in air
Newton
Laplace
Einstein
Boyle
speed of sound in air increases with the increase in
pressure
density
amplitude
temperature
According to Newton sound travel in the air under the conditions of which type of process?
Adiabatic
Isothermal
Isobaric
Isochoric
An increase in the velocity of sound in the air of 1°C rise in temperature is
2.8 m/s
1.60 m/s
0.61 m/s
2.2 m/s
The velocity of sound in the air would become double then its velocity at 0°C at temperature?
313°C
586°C
819°C
1172°C
The particles in the wave separated through _______ multiple of λare out of phase to each other.
(n)
(n+1)
(n+1/2)
All of above
Newton formula estimated the speed of sound?
280 m/s
300 m/s
332 m/s
256 m/s
Half wavelength corresponds to
0°
90°
180°
360°
