A stone dropped from the top of a tower of height \(300\) m splashes into the water of a pond near the base of the tower. When is the splash heard at the top?
(Given that the speed of sound in air is \(340\) m/s and \(g=9.8\) m/s2)
1. \(7.7\)
2. \(8.7\)
3. \(6.7\)
4. \(7.8\)
A steel wire has a length of \(12.0\) m and a mass of \(2.10\) kg. What should be the tension in the wire so that the speed of a transverse wave on the wire equals the speed of sound in dry air, at \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\) (which is \(343\) m/s)?
1. \(4.3\times10^3\) N
2. \(3.2\times10^4\) N
3. \(2.06\times10^4\) N
4. \(1.2\times10^4\) N
The speed of sound in air is:
1. | dependent on pressure. |
2. | decreases with temperature. |
3. | independent of temperature. |
4. | increases with humidity. |
A bat emits an ultrasonic sound of frequency \(1000\) kHz in the air. If the sound meets a water surface, what is the wavelength of the reflected sound? (The speed of sound in air is \(340\) m/sec and in water is \(1486\) m/sec)
1. \(3.4 \times 10^{-4}~\text{m}\)
2. \(1 . 49 \times 10^{- 3} ~ \text{m}\)
3. \(2 . 34 \times 10^{- 2} ~\text{m}\)
4. \(1 . 73 \times10^{- 3} ~\text{m}\)
1. | \(3.4 \times 10^{-4}~\text {m} \) | 2. | \(1.4 \times 10^{-3}~\text {m} \) |
3. | \(2.5 \times 10^{-4}~\text {m} \) | 4. | \(1.8 \times 10^{-3}~\text {m} \) |
A hospital uses an ultrasonic scanner to locate tumors in a tissue. What is the wavelength of sound in the tissue in which the speed of sound is \(1.7~\text{km/s}\)? The operating frequency of the scanner is \(4.2~\text{MHz}\).
1. | \(3.0 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\) | 2. | \(4.0 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\) |
3. | \(3.5 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\) | 4. | \(2.0 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\) |
1. | \(1.3\) m | 2. | \(3.0\) m |
3. | \(2.5\) m | 4. | \(3.5\) m |
1. | a stationary wave |
2. | a travelling wave |
3. | both stationary and travelling wave |
4. | none of the above |