Qualities of Sound
Qualities of Sound: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Pitch, Loudness, Intensity of Sound Waves, Decibel Scale of Sound Waves and, Timbre or Sound Quality
Important Questions on Qualities of Sound
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What are the units of intensity and loudness of sound
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What is the relation between intensity and loudness of a sound
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The relation between amplitude of a wave and its intensity is
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Define relationship between intensity and loudness of sound
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A sound level meter placed in front of the loudspeaker of a and audio system reads All else being equal, when placed in front of system, the meter will read ('x' in dB). Write as your answer. (x is in nearest integer and ).
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If two sound waves, and are superimposed, the ratio of maximum and minimum intensities of beats is?
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A sound source emits sound waves in a uniform medium. If the energy density is and the maximum speed of the particles of the medium is . The plot between and is best represented by
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The sound level near a noisy air conditioner is . If two such units operate side by side, the sound level near them would be
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A dog is barking at the rate Sound level at a point away from the dog is
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At sound level intensity of sound is Now at sound level intensity will be-
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If pressure amplitude in a sound wave is changed from to . The percentage increase in the intensity of wave is
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Select the correct statment about the two mechanical waves, and , propagate in a medium with the same speed.
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A small speaker delivers of audio output. The distance from the speaker where one can detect intensity sound is . Write the value of (in ).
[Given reference intensity of sound as
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An audio output of a speaker is 2W . At what distance from the speaker will one detect intensity sound? [Given reference intensity of sound as
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The intensity of a sound wave pulse travelling along a communication channel decreases exponentially with distance according to the relation , where is the intensity at and is the attenuation constant. The attenuation in in which the intensity falls by percent over a distance of is :
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The displacement-time graphs for two sound waves and are shown in the figure, then the ratio of their intensities is equal to
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