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Problem 1RCQ:
What is the source of all waves?Problem 2RCQ:
Distinguish between these parts of a wave: period, amplitude, wavelength, and frequency.Problem 3RCQ:
How are frequency and period related to each other?Problem 7RCQ:
In what direction are the vibrations in a transverse wave, relative to the direction of wave travel?...Problem 8RCQ:
In what direction do compressed regions and rarefied regions of a longitudinal wave travel?Problem 10RCQ:
How does the speed of sound in water compare with the speed of sound in air? How does the speed of...Problem 11RCQ:
What is the law of reflection for sound?Problem 12RCQ:
What is a reverberation?Problem 14RCQ:
Does sound tend to bend upward or downward when it travels faster near the ground than higher up?Problem 17RCQ:
Distinguish between forced vibrations and resonance.Problem 18RCQ:
When you listen to a radio, why do you hear only one station instead of multiple stations at once?Problem 19RCQ:
Why do troops break step when crossing a bridge?Problem 20RCQ:
What kinds of waves exhibit interference?Problem 23RCQ:
What physical phenomenon underlies beats?Problem 24RCQ:
What is a node? What is an antinode?Problem 25RCQ:
In the Doppler effect, does frequency change? Does wavelength change? Does wave speed change?Problem 26RCQ:
Can the Doppler effect be observed with longitudinal waves, with transverse waves, or with both?Problem 27RCQ:
How do the speed of a wave source and the speed of the waves themselves compare when a wave barrier...Problem 29RCQ:
True or false: A sonic boom occurs only when an aircraft is breaking through the sound barrier....Problem 30RCQ:
Distinguish between a musical sound and noise.Problem 40PAC:
A pendulum swings to and fro every 3 seconds. Show that its frequency of swing is 1/3 Hz.Problem 41PAC:
Another pendulum swings to and fro at a regular rate of 2 times per second. Show that its period is...Problem 42PAC:
A wave 3 m long oscillates 1.5 times each, second. Show that the speed of the wave is 4.5 m/s.Problem 43PAC:
Show that a certain wave with a 1.2-m wavelength and a frequency of 2.5 Hz has a wave speed of 3.0...Problem 44PAC:
A tuning fork produces a sound with a frequency of 256 Hz and a wavelength in air of 1.33 m. Show...Problem 45TAS:
A nurse approaches his patient and counts 72 heartbeats in 1 min. Show that the frequency and period...Problem 46TAS:
A weight suspended from a spring is seen to bob up and down over a distance of 20 cm twice each...Problem 47TAS:
We know that speed v = distance/time. Show that when the distance traveled is one wavelength and...Problem 48TAS:
A skipper on a boat notices wave crests passing his anchor chain every 5 s. He estimates the...Problem 49TAS:
A mosquito flaps its wings at the rate of 600 vibrations per second, which produces the annoying...Problem 50TAS:
The highest-frequency sound humans can hear is about 20,000 Hz. What is the wavelength of sound in...Problem 51TAS:
Microwave ovens typically cook food using microwaves with frequency of about 3 GHz (1 gigahertz =...Problem 52TAS:
For years, marine scientists were mystified by sound waves detected by underwater microphones in the...Problem 53TAS:
An oceanic depth-sounding vessel surveys the ocean bottom with ultrasonic waves that travel 1530 m/s...Problem 54TAS:
A bat flying in a cave emits a sound and receives its echo 0.1 s later. Show that the distance to...Problem 55TAS:
Susie hammers on a block of wood 85 m from a large brick wall. Each time she hits the block, she...Problem 56TAS:
Imagine an old hermit living in a cave in the mountains. Just before going to sleep, he yells WAKE...Problem 57TAS:
On a piano keyboard, you strike middle C, of frequency 262 Hz. (a) Show that the period of one...Problem 58TAS:
(a) Say you were foolish enough to play your keyboard instrument under water, where the speed of...Problem 59TAS:
A beat frequency is equal to the difference between a pair of sound frequencies. What beat...Problem 60TAS:
As shown in the drawing, the half-angle of the shock-wave|cone generated by a supersonic aircraft is...Problem 61TAR:
All the waves shown have the same speed b: the same medium. Use a ruler and rank these waves, from...Problem 62TAR:
Four different pairs of transverse wave pulses move toward each other. At some point in time, the...Problem 63TAR:
Rank, from highest to lowest, the pitch heard when a fire engine is traveling: (a) toward the...Problem 64TAR:
The following three shock waves are produced by supersonic aircraft. Rank their speeds from greatest...Problem 65TAR:
Rank, from greatest to least, the speed of sound through: (a) air, (b) steel, (c) water.Problem 66TAR:
Rank the beat frequencies, from highest to lowest, for the following pairs of sounds: (a) 132 Hz,...Problem 67TAR:
Phil Physiker blows across the mouths of identical containers A, B, and C with different amounts of...Problem 68E:
A student that youre tutoring says that the terms wave speed and wave frequency refer to the same...Problem 69E:
You dip your finger at a steady rate into a puddle of water to make waves. What happens to the...Problem 71E:
When sound becomes louder, which wave characteristic is probably increasing: frequency, wavelength,...Problem 72E:
What two physics mistakes occur in a science-fiction movie that shows, in outer space, a distant...Problem 73E:
How does the frequency of vibration of a small object floating in water compare to the number of...Problem 74E:
A friend says that wave speed is equal to the frequency of a wave times its wavelength, and another...Problem 75E:
What kind of motion should you impart to the nozzle of a garden hose so that the resulting stream of...Problem 76E:
What kind of motion should you impart to a stretched, coiled spring (or to a Slinky) to produce a...Problem 77E:
A cat can hear sound frequencies up to 70,000 Hz. Bats send and receive ultra-high-frequency squeaks...Problem 81E:
Why would it be futile to attempt to detect sounds from other planets with the use of...Problem 82E:
A pair of sound waves of different wavelengths reach the listeners ear as shown. Which has the...Problem 83E:
In Olympic competition, the sound of the starters gun is picked up by a microphone and sent...Problem 84E:
A friend says that sound travels faster in warm air than in cooler air. Do you agree or disagree?Problem 86E:
A bat chirps as it flies toward a wall. Is the frequency of the echoed chirps it receives higher,...Problem 87E:
A friend says that refraction of any kind of wave is due to a change in wave speed. Do you agree or...Problem 88E:
Why are marchers following a hand at the end of a parade out of step with marchers near the front?Problem 89E:
What is the danger posed by people in the balcony of an auditorium stamping their feet in a steady...Problem 91E:
What physics principle does Manuel use when he pumps in rhythm with the natural frequency of the...Problem 93E:
A nylon guitar string vibrates in a standing-wave pattern, as shown. What is the wavelength of the...Problem 94E:
Two bunnies hop at slightly different rates but remain side by side. The first takes 50 hops per...Problem 95E:
Suppose a piano tuner hears three beats per second when listening to the combined sound from his...Problem 96E:
When the frequency of sound is doubled, what change occurs in its speed? What change occurs in its...Problem 97E:
A railroad locomotive is at rest with its whistle shrieking, and then it starts moving toward you....Problem 98E:
When you blow your horn while driving toward a stationary listener, she hears an increase in pitch...Problem 100E:
Astronomers find that light emitted by a particular element at one edge of the Sun has a slightly...Problem 101E:
Would it be correct to say that the Doppler effect is the apparent change in the speed of a wave due...Problem 102E:
A swimming cluck produces a bow wave attached to the duck. (a) Is the duck swimming faster than...Problem 103E:
Does the conical angle of a shock wave become wider, narrower, or remain constant as a supersonic...Problem 104E:
If the sound of an airplane does not originate in the part of the sky where the plane is seen, does...Problem 105E:
Why is it that a subsonic aircraft, no matter how loud it may be, cannot produce a sonic boom?Problem 107E:
If the fundamental frequency of a guitar string is 220 Hz, what is the frequency of the second...Problem 108E:
How many nodes, excluding end points, are in a standing wave that is three wavelengths long? In a...Problem 109E:
Which of the two musical notes displayed individually on an oscilloscope screen has the higher...Problem 112DQ:
At the instant that a high-pressure region is created just outside the prongs of a vibrating tuning...Problem 113DQ:
If a bell is ringing inside a bell jar, we can no longer hear it when the air is pumped out, but we...Problem 114DQ:
If the speed of sound depended on its frequency, why would you not enjoy a concert sitting far from...Problem 115DQ:
Why is the Moon described as a silent planet?Problem 116DQ:
Discuss why sound travels faster in moist air. Relate this to the fact that at the same temperature,...Problem 118DQ:
One rule of thumb for estimating the distance in kilometers between an observer and a lightning...Problem 119DQ:
If a single disturbance at an unknown distance away sends out both transverse and longitudinal waves...Problem 120DQ:
As you pour water into a glass, you repeatedly tap the glass exterior with a spoon. As the tapped...Problem 121DQ:
Physics instructor Peter Hopkinson delights in bringing physics into social situations. When dining...Problem 122DQ:
What physics principle is used in radar guns to find the speeds of tennis balls and baseballs at...Problem 123DQ:
A special device can transmit sound that is out of phase with the sound of a noisy jackhammer to the...Problem 124DQ:
Two sound waves of the same frequency can interfere with each other, but two sound waves must have...Problem 125DQ:
Discuss whether or not a sonic boom occurs at the moment when an aircraft exceeds the speed of...Problem 1RAT:
When we consider the time it takes for a pendulum to swing to and fro, were talking about the...Problem 2RAT:
The vibrations along a transverse wave move (a) parallel to the wave direction of motion. (b)...Problem 3RAT:
A common example of a longitudinal wave is (a) sound. (b) light. (c) both of these (d) neither of...Problem 4RAT:
The speed of sound varies with (a) amplitude. (b) frequency. (c) temperature. (d) all of theseProblem 5RAT:
The loudness of a sound is most closely related to its (a) frequency. (b) period. (c) wavelength....Problem 6RAT:
The explanation for the refraction of sound must involve a change in (a) frequency. (b) wavelength....Problem 7RAT:
Wave interference occurs in (a) transverse waves. (b) longitudinal waves. (c) both of these (d)...Problem 8RAT:
Noise-canceling devices such as jackhammer earphones make use of sound (a) destruction. (b)...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
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