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Question 131

A songbird communicates with other birds by emitting sounds in the frequency range 1–8 kHz1\text{--}8\text{ kHz}1–8 kHz.

a.

State the value of the speed of sound in air and state how the speed of sound in water differs from the speed of sound in air.

  • speed of sound in air: __________ m/s\text{m/s}m/s
  • speed of sound in water: __________
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b.

State and explain if humans with normal hearing can hear all the sounds emitted by this bird.

  • statement: __________
  • explanation: __________
[2]
c.

Complete the table to describe differences in loudness and pitch of two different bird sounds:

Frequency / kHz\text{kHz}kHzAmplitudeLoudnessPitch
777large
222small
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d.

Complete the sentences to describe how sound is transmitted through a medium.

"Sound waves are made of vibrating __________ which produce compressions and rarefactions. A compression is a region of __________ and a rarefaction is a region of __________. The sound waves travel __________ to the direction of the vibrations."

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Sound Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /Sound

295 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE Physics Sound, covering Sound. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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