Physics
Which statement about sound waves is incorrect?
- Sound waves can be reflected, refracted and transmitted.
- High pitch sound waves have a high frequency.
- Quiet sound waves have a large amplitude.
- Sound waves are longitudinal waves.
Related Questions
The voice of a woman is of …………… pitch than that of a man.
- lower
- higher
- equal
- cannot say
The quality of a musical sound depends on :
- number of subsidiary notes
- relative amplitudes
- both (1) and (2)
- none of the above
Assertion (A): When we start filling an empty pitcher with water, the pitch of the sound produced goes on decreasing.
Reason (R): The pitch of sound increases with increase in frequency.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
- assertion is false but reason is true.
- assertion is true but reason is false.
(a) Which of the following quantity determines the loudness of a sound wave?
(i) wavelength,
(ii) frequency, and
(iii) amplitude.
(b) How is loudness related to the quantity mentioned in the above part (a)