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Sound
6 Class 10 Physics questions with answers and explanations.
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Sound cannot travel through:
- 1 A vacuum
- 2 Steel
- 3 Water
- 4 Air
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Correct answer: A vacuum
Sound needs a material medium to travel.
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The speed of sound in air at room temperature is about:
- 1 340 m/s
- 2 34 m/s
- 3 300000 km/s
- 4 3400 m/s
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Correct answer: 340 m/s
It is about 340 m/s.
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The pitch of a sound depends on its:
- 1 Amplitude
- 2 Speed
- 3 Frequency
- 4 Medium only
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Correct answer: Frequency
Higher frequency gives a higher pitch.
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The loudness of a sound depends mainly on its:
- 1 Amplitude
- 2 Speed
- 3 Wavelength
- 4 Frequency
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Correct answer: Amplitude
A larger amplitude gives a louder sound.
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An echo is heard when sound is:
- 1 Reflected
- 2 Refracted
- 3 Diffracted
- 4 Absorbed
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Correct answer: Reflected
An echo is reflected sound heard after the original.
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The audible range of human hearing is about:
- 1 20 kHz to 200 kHz
- 2 20 Hz to 20000 Hz
- 3 2 Hz to 200 Hz
- 4 200 Hz to 2 MHz
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Correct answer: 20 Hz to 20000 Hz
Humans hear roughly from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
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