How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?

Q: What is the oscillating medium for a sound wave?

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Q: When the stem of a vibrating tuning fork is gently pressed on the surface of a table louder sound is…

A: When the stem of the tuning fork is gently pressed against the surface of the table, it is set into…

Q: Why is loud sound heard at resonance?

A: At resonance the compression falls on compression and rarefraction falls on rarefraction, thus the…

Q: What happens to the power that is released as sound travels through the air?

A: We need to answer what happens to the power that is released as sound waves travel through the air

Q: what happens to a wave when it passes from one medium into another?

A: Wave passes from one medium to another

Q: Wet your finger and rub it slowly around the rim of a thinrimmed, stemmed wine glass while you hold…

A: The friction due to the wet finger movement across the rim of the glass produces sound waves.

Q: If a wave traveling through air decreases its wavelength by half, describe what happens to the wave…

A: Given: wavelength is halved

Q: If a tree falls in a forest where there is no one to hear, does it make a sound?

A: When a tree falls on the ground in a forest the impact of tree on the ground produces a disturbance…

Q: As you get farther from a source what happens to the sound? What is the name of this fundamental…

A: As a receiver get farther from the source the intensity of sound gets reduce.

Q: Why does a vibrating guitar string sound louder when placed on the instrument than it would if…

A: Sound is nothing but a compression and rarefaction of the particles in the medium in which it is…

Q: Why does a vibrating guitar string sound louder when placed on the instrument than it would if…

A: When the vibrating string is off the instrument, not much air molecules can be set into vibration.…

Q: The standing wave is caused by (Reflection or Refraction)?

A: The standing wave is caused by reflection of waves from the ends.

Q: Discuss the various modes of vibration of an air column in an open organ pipe.

A: There are two types of open organ pipes, the first is closed at one end and the second is open at…

Q: A stone is dropped from rest into a well. The sound of the splash is heard exactly 1.30 s later.…

A: Given that:Initial speed of the stone: u=0  (at rest)Total time, T=1.30 secAir temperature, T=11°C

Q: If the crests of the waves are 8.7 m apart, what is their speed?

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Q: What is relationship between frequency and pitch?

A: The pitch increases with increase in frequency and decreases with decrease in the frequency.

Q: Why do flying bees buzz?

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Q: Does the pitch of the note depend on sound frequency, loudness, quality, or on all of these?

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Q: When the wire of a sonometer is 73cm long , it is in resonance with a tuning fork. On shortening the…

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Q: If the speed of the wave doubles while the wavelength remains the same, what happens to the…

A: Velocity of a wave is defiend as, (velocity) = (Frequency)x(Wavelength)Or v = fλHence, Frequency, F…

Q: If you increase the frequency of a sound wave,

A: Given data: The velocity of a sound wave is: V The frequency of a sound wave is: f The wavelength of…

Q: What happens to the period of wave when the frequency decreases?

A: By the relation of frequency and period:

Q: A sound wave in a tube or on a string is a type of wave known as?

A: The sound wave is a pressure wave which is produced due to vibration in the air. When sound wave…

Q: Sound from a musical instrument like a flute is what kind of wave?

A: Musical tones are produced by musical instruments, or by the voice.

Q: Why the speed of sound in water is greater than in air?

A: Speed od sound increases if the medium is more denser . Sound waves travel faster in denser…

Q: What is the difference between sound and hearing?

A: Sound is derived due to vibrations caused in a medium when an object produces vibration pressure…

Q: The temperature of an organ pipe when it is in resonance with a tuning fork is increased. How does…

A: An organ pipe is a musical instrument exhibits resonance at a particular pitch when it is driven by…

Q: Is sound a transverse or longitudinal wave?

A: Sound is a longitudinal wave . Sound can propagate through a medium such as air, water and solids as…

Q: If the frequency of sound is doubled, what change will occur in its speed? In its wavelength?

A: The speed of the sound is a constant quantity 340m/s. thus frequency is inversely proportional to…

Q: What is being transported along a clothsline when a wave moves from one end to the other?

A: The waves produced on a clothesline are standing waves.

Q: Will a vibrating source always produce sound?

A: When the frequency of vibration lies in between 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, which is in the audio region,…

Q: what is a transverse wave?

A: A transverse wave is a wave that exhibits vibrations  in a plane perpendicular to the plane of…

Q: Why can the tremor of the ground from a distant explosion be felt before the sound of the explosion…

A: Sound waves are longitudinal waves or mechanical waves. They require a transmission medium such as…

Q: How does the speed of sound behave in a solid verses a gas?

A: Sound travels at different speeds depending on what it is traveling through. Of the three mediums…

Q: A floating object oscillates up and down 2 complete cycles in 1 second as a water wave of wavelength…

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Q: Are echoes and resonant vibrations the same phenomena?

A: Echoes and resonant vibrations are different phenomena. Echo is a reflection of sound that arrives…

Q: Why does a vibrating guitar string not sound as loud when it is mounted on a work bench as it does…

A: Given:  Vibrating guitar

Q: As the pitch of the sound increases, what happens to the frequency?

A: As the pitch of the sound increases, its frequency will increase as well.

Q: why a sonic boom occurs when something travels faster than the speed of sound.

A: Sound, as a wave travels with a finite speed. At standard atmospheric conditions of 20° Celsius,…

Q: Shaking a slinky with a wavespeed = 250 m/s at different frequencies will show what kind of…

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Q: What is a specific case of a wave called? A sound wave in a tube or a string

A: A specific case of wave in tube or string is known as standing wave or stationary wave  .  It is…

Shock Waves

Shock waves are common in continuum mechanics, and their dominance is attributable to the fact that they are stronger (or even less) compressible. Substantial perturbations propagated as sudden dynamic changes of a compressible medium supersonically. Shock waves are all around us in our daily lives. Lightning, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and meteorite impact all produce them in nature. Even the earth, which is protected by its magnetic field, generates a shock wave as in solar wind that travels around 20 Earth radiuses. These shock waves might be either constant, linked to the body, or unsteady, i.e., moving around with time. All of the shocks mentioned above can be damaging, so precautions must be taken to reduce their impact.