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School Physics Quiz : Sound


Answer the following questions based on sound.

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1.

Sounds are produced by musical wind-instruments when columns of air are made to vibrate.

  True

  False

 

2.

The _______ keeps the pressure in the middle ear the same as the outside air pressure.

  Eustachian tube

  semicircular canal

  eardrum

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

The three little bones in the middle ear are the _______, the anvil and the stirrup.

  cochlea

  hammer

  eardrum

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.

The upper limit of frequency that can be heard by the average human is about

  200 Hz

  20000 Hz

  200000 Hz

  2000 Hz

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

An echo from the sea-bed is received 2.50 s after an ultrasonic vibration is sent from a sonar on a ship. If the speed of sound in water is 1500 m/s, then the depth of the sea is _______.

  600 m

  1875 m

  3750 m

  7500 m

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

When sounds reach the _______ or tympanic membrane, they make it vibrate.

  eardrum

  cochlea

  hammer

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

The apparatus used in a ship to find out the depth of the sea underneath is called _______.

  sonar

  bell jar

  tuning fork

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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