REVISION_2_SOUND

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RANIPUR
CLASS: VIII
CHAPTER-13, SOUND
REVISION ASSIGNMENT
PREVIOSLY UPLOADED ON 01.12.23
1 Write the functions of the following parts of human ear.
a. Auditory nerve: It carries the electrical impulses from cochlea to brain.
b. Cochlea: It converts the sound signals received from middle ear to electrical impulses.
c. Bones present in middle ear: They amplify the sound signals received from ear drum.
d. Ear pinna: It collects the sound signals from surroundings and directs them to ear canal.
e. Ear drum: It vibrates when the sounds from surroundings strike it and transfers the sound
signals to the three bones present in middle ear.
f. Ear canal: It collects the sound signals from ear pinna and directs them to ear drum.
2 A sound wave completes 100 vibrations in 1 second. Will it fall in human audible range?
Frequency= No. of vibrations/total time=100/1=100 Hz
Yes it is in our audible range ( 20Hz-20,000Hz) so we can hear it.
3 Give reason: The steam coming out from the whistle of an engine is seen before the sound is heard.
Light travels faster than the sound.
4 What is echolocation?
Bats and dolphins use the echoes to detect the presence of obstacle. They produce sound waves
and hear the echo reflected from the obstacle, thus, they are able to detect the presence of obstacle.
This is called ECHOLOCATION.
5. Calculate the minimum distance to hear an echo sound.
Solution: Let the distance between the source of sound and the reflecting surface is X m.
Total distance covered by the sound in going from the source of sound to the reflecting surface and
coming back to the source is =2Xm
The speed of sound in air is approximately 340 m/s
Time gap required to distinguish between two consecutive sound waves= 0.1s
Speed=Distance/time
340=2X/0.1 or X= 17m
6. Draw two sound waves having :
a. Same pitch/frequency but different loudness/amplitude.
b. Same loudness/amplitude but of different pitch/frequency.
7. What is noise pollution? Write its two causes, consequences and ways to minimize it.
Noise Pollution: Presence of excessive or unwanted sounds in the environment is called noise
pollution.
Causes: Major causes of noise pollution are sounds of vehicles, explosions including bursting of
crackers, machines, loudspeakers etc.
Consequences: Lack of sleep, hypertension (high blood pressure), anxiety and many more health
disorders may be caused by noise pollution. A person who is exposed to a loud sound continuously
may get temporary or even permanent impairment of hearing.
Ways to minimize it:
All noisy operations must be conducted away from any residential area.
Noise producing industries should be set up away from such areas.
Use of automobile horns should be minimised.
8. What is timbre?
It is the characteristic of sound which enable us to distinguish between different sounds of same
pitch and loudness produced by two different musical instruments or people can be distinguished.
9. How does shrillness or pitch is affected by frequency?
Higher frequency of vibrations results in shriller/high pitched sound and less frequency results in flat
sound or low pitched sound.
10. What are ultrasonic and infrasonic sound waves?
Ultrasonic sounds have frequency above 20,000 Hz .
Infrasonic sounds have frequency below 20Hz.
11. When we put our ear on a railway track, we can hear the sound of an approaching train even when
the train is not visible but its sound cannot be heard through air. Why?
Sound travels faster in solids than air.
12.
The given diagram shows a sound wave. Label parts A, B, C and D in it.
A: crest, B: wavelength, C: amplitude, D: trough
13. What is the wavelength of the given sound wave?
Ans: BF
14. Before playing the orchestra in a musical concert, a guitarist tries to adjust the tension and pluck the
string suitably. By doing so, what characteristic of sound is he trying to change?
He is trying to adjust the frequency of vibration of the guitar’s string. Tight strings will increase the
frequency of vibrations and as a result high pitched/ shriller sound is produced.
15. In order to reduce the loudness of a sound, we have to
(a) decrease its frequency
(b) increase its frequency
(c) decrease its amplitude
(d) increase its amplitude
16. 1 Hz is equal to
(a) 1 vibration per minute (b) 10 vibrations per minute
(c) 60 vibrations per minute (d) 600 vibrations per minute
17. Name two musical instruments which produce sound by

a. Stretched strings-guitar, sitar b. Stretched membrane-tabla, dholak c. Air column-flute, trumpet .
18. An alarm bell is kept inside a vessel as shown in figure. A person standing close to it can distinctly
hear the sound of alarm. Now, if the air inside the vessel is removed completely, how will the
loudness of alarm get affected for the same person?
Loudness will decrease gradually as we keep on removing air and if no air is present then no sound
will reach us.
19. The town hall building is situated close to Boojho’s house. There is a clock on the top of the town
hall building which rings the bell every hour. Boojho has noticed that the sound of the clock appears
to be much clearer at night. Explain.
As other sound disturbance are not present in atmosphere so the sound of the clock is clearer..
20. How is sound produced in humans? Why do women produce shriller sound than men?
In human body, Voice box or larynx helps us to produce sound. The voice box has two vocal chords
stretched across it. These vocal chords help the air to pass through it. The lungs force air through the
narrow gap present between the two vocal chords and make them vibrate to produce sound.
Women produce shriller sound as their vocal cords are shorter than the vocal cords of men. Short
vocal cords produce high pitched sound.

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