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QUESTION NO 01

Pitch of sound depends mainly on?

Answer: Frequency

Pitch correlates primarily with frequency.

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QUESTION NO 02

Antinode is a point of?

Answer: Maximum displacement amplitude

Antinodes oscillate with maximum amplitude.

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QUESTION NO 03

Node in a standing wave is a point of?

Answer: Zero displacement amplitude

Nodes have permanently zero displacement amplitude.

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Echo is due to?

Answer: Reflection of sound

An echo is a reflected sound returning to the listener.

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QUESTION NO 05

Infrasound refers to frequencies?

Answer: Below ~20 Hz

Infrasound is below ~20 Hz.

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QUESTION NO 06

Transverse waves have oscillations?

Answer: Perpendicular to propagation

Transverse: displacement ⊥ to wave velocity (e.g. waves on a string).

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QUESTION NO 07

Sound cannot travel through?

Answer: Vacuum

Sound needs a material medium; vacuum has none.

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QUESTION NO 08

Pitch of sound depends mainly on?

Answer: Frequency

Pitch correlates primarily with frequency.

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QUESTION NO 09

Resonance occurs when?

Answer: Driving frequency matches natural frequency

Resonance: large amplitude when drive ≈ natural frequency.

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QUESTION NO 10

Amplitude of a wave is related to?

Answer: Loudness (for sound)

For sound, perceived loudness increases with amplitude (intensity).

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Pitch of sound depends mainly on?

Antinode is a point of?

Node in a standing wave is a point of?

Echo is due to?

Infrasound refers to frequencies?

Transverse waves have oscillations?

Sound cannot travel through?

Pitch of sound depends mainly on?

Resonance occurs when?

Amplitude of a wave is related to?

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Pitch of sound depends mainly on?

Explanation

Antinode is a point of?

Explanation

Node in a standing wave is a point of?

Explanation

Echo is due to?

Explanation

Infrasound refers to frequencies?

Explanation

Transverse waves have oscillations?

Explanation

Sound cannot travel through?

Explanation

Pitch of sound depends mainly on?

Explanation

Resonance occurs when?

Explanation

Amplitude of a wave is related to?

Explanation