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Explain the meaning to term compression and rarefaction in relation to a longitudinal wave. 

Important Questions on Propagation of Sound Waves

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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 16
Define the term amplitude of a wave. Write it's S.I. Unit.
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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 17
What do you mean by the frequency of a wave? State its S.I unit.
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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 23
State two properties of the medium which the speed of sound depends.
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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 24
Arrange the speed of sound in gases Vg, in solids Vs and in liquids Vl in an ascending order.
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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 26
Compare approximately the speed of sound in air, water and steel.
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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 27
Can sound travel in vacuum?
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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 27
How does the speed of sound differs in different media?
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Concise Physics I.C.S.E Part I For Class 9>Chapter 8 - Propagation of Sound Waves>EXERCISE–8(A)>Q 30

The sound of an explosion on the surface of the lake is heard by a boatman100 m away and by a diver 100 m below the point of the explosion. Who wound hear the sound first, boatman or the diver?