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Audible and inaudible sounds - class-IX

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Which waves are used in sonography?

  1. Microwaves

  2. Infrared rays

  3. Radio waves

  4. Ultrasonic waves


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ultrasonic waves are used in sonography for the mapping of body organs. The Ultrasonic waves that are sent inside the body are reflected from the different parts by creating the echo. They are more useful and less harmful than radiation.


A microwave and an ultrasonic sound wave have the same wavelength. Their frequencies are in the ratio (approximately) 

  1. $10^2$

  2. $10^4$

  3. $10^6$

  4. $10^8$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Frequency of microwaves, $\upsilon _m \approx 10^{11}Hz$
Frequency of ultrasonic sound waves,$\upsilon _m \approx 10^5Hz$
$\therefore \, \dfrac{\upsilon _m}{\upsilon _u} = \dfrac{10^{11}}{10^{5}} = 10^6$

Which one of the following animals can hear infrasound?

  1. rhinoceros

  2. bat

  3. dog

  4. honey bee


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Answer is A.

Rhinos have extremely good ears, picking up infra-sound far deeper than the range of human hearing.
Rhinos, can hear down to a frequency of four hertz, whereas even a human baby, with entirely undamaged ears, can normally only pick up sounds as low as 20 hertz. Giraffes and elephants can also hear in this infra-sound range.

Some animals get disturbed and start running here and there just before the earthquakes occur because they can hear______________?

  1. infrasonic sounds

  2. ultrasonic sounds

  3. audible sounds

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Answer is A.

Earthquake produces infra-sound before the main shock wave.Infra-sound is a low-frequency sound. It is sound that is lower in frequency than 20 Hz (hertz) or cycles per second, the normal limit of human hearing. Hearing becomes gradually less sensitive as frequency decreases, so for humans to perceive infra-sound, the sound pressure must be sufficiently high. 
Rhinos have extremely good ears, picking up infra-sound far deeper than the range of human hearing.
Rhinos, can hear down to a frequency of four hertz, whereas even a human baby, with entirely undamaged ears, can normally only pick up sounds as low as 20 hertz. Giraffes and elephants can also hear in this infra-sound range.
Hence, we can see some animals get disturbed and start running here and there just before the earthquakes because they can hear infrasonic sound.

The frequency of a wave is $5\;Hz$. Then the wave is a/an (type of wave)

  1. ultrasonic wave

  2. microwaves wave

  3. infrasonics wave

  4. radio wave


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The waves below the frequency of 20 Hz are infrasonic waves. So the waves of 5 Hz is also an infrasonic wave.

Sounds having frequency more than 20,000 Hz are called -

  1. sonic sound

  2. ultrasonic sound

  3. infrasonic sound

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sounds having frequency more than 20,000 Hz are called Ultrasonic sound. As this is above the normal hearing range for humans, we cannot hear ultrasonic sound.

Which of the following frequency of sound can be heard by a dog but not by a man?

  1. 50,000 hertz

  2. 15,000 hertz

  3. 42000hertz

  4. none


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A sound of frequency 50,000 hertz can be heard by a dog but not by a man. The waves having frequency between 20Hz-20,000Hz are audible frequency of waves.

Why do we not hear the screams of a bat 

  1. screams are below 30,000Hz

  2. the screams are infra sonic

  3. the screams are ultra sonic

  4. all


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is because the screams are ultra sonic(above 20,000 hertz) which human ear cannot hear.

Three different vibrating bodies produce three types of sounds X, Y and Z. Sounds X and Y cannot be heared by a man having normal range of hearing but sound Z can be heard easily. The sound X is used in for monitoring nuclear reactor.The sound similar to that which is produced during an earthquake before the main shock wave is generated. What type of sounds are (i) X (ii) Y, and (iii) Z?

  1. X-infrasound

    Y-ultrasound

    Z- audible sound

  2. X-audible sound

    Y-infrasound

    Z-ultrasound

  3. X-ultrasound

    Y-infrasound

    Z-audible sound

  4. X-infrasound

    Y-audible sound

    Z-audible sound


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ultrasound is used to see what is happening in a nuclear reactor.Ultrasounds and infra sounds are not audible to man.ultrasound have frequency more than
20kHz. Infrasound have frequency below 20Hz

Elephants communicate with

  1. Sonic sound

  2. Infrasonic sound

  3. Ultrasonic sound

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Elephants can communicate using very low frequency sounds, with pitches below the range of human hearing. These low frequency sounds, termed infrasonic sounds, can travel several kilometers, and provide elephants with a private communication channel that plays an important role in elephants complex social life. Their frequencies are as low as the lowest notes of a pipe organ.

Which one has higher frequency?

  1. Infrasonic sound

  2. Ultrasonic sound

  3. Audible sound

  4. All of the above have same frequency


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ultrasonic frequency is above audible range means above $20KHz$ and infrasonic frequency is below the audible range which means below $20 Hz$.

so the answer is B

The property of ultrasonic waves used in manufacturing emulsion for photographic films is its, _____________

  1. High speed

  2. High frequency

  3. Higher wavelength

  4. High amplitude


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The property of ultrasonic waves in manufacturing emulsion for photographic films in its high frequency. The frequency of ultrasonic wave is above $20 KHz$

The grandparents and parents of two-year old girl are playing with her in a room. A sound source produces a $28 kHz$ sound. Who in the room is most likely to hear the sound?

  1. Grandparent

  2.  Little girl

  3. Both

  4. None of them


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The frequency range of hearing in infants is more than in adult. As the infant gets mature, this range decreases. So two year girl will be more likely to hear that sound.
So the answer is B.

The audible range in humans is ____________.

  1. $20 Hz$ to $2000 Hz$

  2. $200 Hz$ to $20,000 Hz$

  3. $20 Hz$ to $20,000 Hz$

  4. $200 Hz$ to $20 kHz$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

the audible range of human ear is $20Hz - 20000Hz$

so the answer is C

Ultrasonic waves.

  1. Have a crushing and penetrating power

  2. Bring about biological effect such as maiming a frog

  3. Influence chemical reactions

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D

The range of the wavelength of audible sound that travels with a velocity of 330 m s$^{-1}$ at 0$^{\circ}$ C is 16.5 m - 16.5 mm.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$\displaystyle \lambda = \left ( \frac{330}{20} m - \frac{330}{20 \times 10^3} m \right )$
$=(16.5m - 16.5 mm)$

The sound intensity is 0.008 $W/m^2$ at a distance of 10 m from an isotropic point source of power of the source is approximately :

  1. 2.5 watt

  2. 0.8 watt

  3. 8 watt

  4. 10 watt


Correct Option: D

A train running at 108 km/hr towards east whistles at a frequency of 800 Hz. The frequencies heard by a passenger sitting in the train and a person standing near the track whom the train has just passed (Speed of Sound = 330 m/s) 

  1. 800 Hz, 733 Hz

  2. 740 Hz, 800 Hz

  3. 800 Hz, 880 Hz

  4. 800 Hz, 750 Hz


Correct Option: B

The driver of a car travelling at the speed of $30m/sec$ towards a hill sounds a horn of frequency $600\ Hz$. If the velocity of sound in air is $330m/s$, the frequency of reflected sound as heard by the driver is

  1. $500\ Hz$

  2. $550\ Hz$

  3. $555.5\ Hz$

  4. $720\ Hz$


Correct Option: D

Ultrasonic, intrasonic and audible waves travel through a medium with speeds $V _u,V _i,$ and $V _a$ respectively, then (given constant temperature)

  1. $V _i=V _a=V _u$

  2. $V _u>V _a>V _i$

  3. $V _u < V _a < V _i $

  4. ${ V } _{ a }\le { V } _{ u }={ V } _{ i }$


Correct Option: A

A man fires a gun and hears the echo after $2\,\frac{1}{2}sec$. If the velocity of sound in air is $340ms^{-1}$ his distance from the cliff causing the echo is 

  1. $2\,\frac{1}{2}km$

  2. $425m$

  3. $850m$

  4. $136m$


Correct Option: B

A sound wave of pressure amplitude $5$ pascal propagates through the air medium. The normal pressure of air is $1.0\times10^5 N/m^2$. The difference between maximum and minimum pressure in the medium is 

  1. $5\times10^5 N/m^2$

  2. $10\times10^5 N/m^2$

  3. $10 N/m^2$

  4. $None\ of\ these$


Correct Option: C

A siren emitting a sound of frequency $1000 Hz$ moves away from you towards a cliff at a speed of $10 m/s$ [speed of sound in air $330 m/s$] Then. 

  1. The frequency of the sound you hearing coming directly from the siren is $ \dfrac {33}{34} \times 1000 Hz $.

  2. The frequency of the sound you hearing coming directly from the siren is $ \dfrac {33}{32} \times 1000 Hz $.

  3. The frequency of the sound you hear reflect off the cliff $ \dfrac {33}{32} \times 1000 Hz $.

  4. The frequency of the sound you hear reflect off the cliff $ \dfrac {33}{34} \times 1000 Hz $.


Correct Option: C

A person moving in a car with a velocity of $36kmph $ towards a fort wall blows a horn. If he hears the echo after $3s$, the distance of the wall from him. when he blows then horn (velocity of sound $340ms^P{-1}$)

  1. $340m$

  2. $1050m$

  3. $700m$

  4. $525m$


Correct Option: D

Bats detect the obstacles in their path by receiving the reflected

  1. infrasonic waves

  2. ultrasonic waves

  3. micro waves

  4. radio waves


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Answer is B.

Most bats produce echolocation sounds by contracting their larynx (voice box). A few species, though, click their tongues. These sounds are generally emitted through the mouth. Echolocation calls are usually ultrasonic, ranging in frequency from 20 to 200 kilohertz (kHz), whereas human hearing normally tops out at around 20 kHz.
While using echolocation, the bats emit a series of short, high-frequency sounds from their mouths or nostrils that bounce off objects and surfaces and then return to the animals ears. Since high-frequency waves do not diffract, or bend, extensively, these ultrasonic vibrations provide bats with accurate maps of their surroundings. 

Echocardiography is used to diagnose heart diseases which utilises infrasonic waves.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Ambiguous

  4. Data insufficient


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An echocardiogram (also called an echo) is a type of ultrasound test that uses high-pitched sound waves that are sent through a device called a transducer. The device picks up echoes of the sound waves as they bounce off the different parts of your heart. These echoes are turned into moving pictures of your heart that can be seen on a video screen.
Hence, the statement is false.

The frequency of a wave is 5 Hz. It refers to (type of wave) ___________.

  1. ultrasonics

  2. microwaves

  3. infrasonics

  4. radio waves


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The waves below the frequency of 20 Hz are infrasonic waves. So, the wave of 5 Hz is also an infrasonic wave.

Sound of frequency below $20 \ Hz$ is called

  1. audio sounds

  2. infrasonic

  3. ultrasonic

  4. supersonics


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sound waves are categorized on the basis of their frequency range.

Sound of frequency below $20 \ Hz$ is called as infrasonic. Sound of frequency above $20 \ kHz$ is called as ultrasonic whereas sound of frequency in between $20 \ Hz$ to $20 \ kHz$ is called as audio sound.

The sounds having frequency less than 20 Hz are called ultrasonics.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Human beings can normally hear sounds with a frequency between about 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz. Sounds with frequencies below 20 hertz are called infrasound. Infrasound is too low-pitched for humans to hear.

so the answer is B.

Human ears can sense sound wave travelling in air having wavelength of ................... .

  1. $10^{-3}$ m

  2. $10^{-2}$ m

  3. 1 m

  4. $10^{2}$ m


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The audible wave length range of human beings in (16.5 mm - 16.5 m)
Hence 1 m is the correct option.

The frequencies below 20 Hz are known as infrasonic sounds.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

yes , below 20hz frequency sound is infrasonic.

so the answer is A.

What is the approximate range of audible sound frequencies for a human with good hearing?

  1. From $20Hz$ to $2000Hz$

  2. From $20Hz$ to $20000Hz$

  3. From $200Hz$ to $20000Hz$

  4. From $200Hz$ to $200000Hz$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Adult humans can hear from 20Hz to 20000Hz of frequency.

Which of the following frequencies of sound elephants produce ?

  1. ultrasonic

  2. infrasonic

  3. both A & B

  4. cant say


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Some of the elephant's vocalizations are infrasonic, and thus are inaudible to humans. The prominence of very low frequencies in the vocalizations is a defining characteristic of all three species of elephants. Sounds are generally considered to be infrasonic if their frequency is less than $20 Hz$ (the lower limit of human hearing). Low frequency sounds travel farther than high frequency ones, which make them ideal for long distance communication.
Hence, Elephants produce infrasonic sound. 

Name the sounds of the frequencies given below $10Hz$.

  1. $ultrasonic$

  2. $infrasonic$

  3. $supersonic$

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Infra-sound is a low-frequency sound. It is sound that is lower in frequency than $20 \ Hz$ or cycles per second, the normal limit of human hearing. Hearing becomes gradually less sensitive as frequency decreases, so for humans to perceive infrasound, the sound pressure must be sufficiently high. The ear is the primary organ for sensing infra-sound, but at higher intensities it is possible to feel infra-sound vibrations in various parts of the body.

Infrasound can be heard by

  1. dog

  2. bat

  3. rhinoceros

  4. human beings


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rhinos have extremely good ears, picking up infra-sound far deeper than the range of human hearing.
Rhinos, can hear down to a frequency of four hertz, whereas even a human baby, with entirely undamaged ears, can normally only pick up sounds as low as 20 hertz. Giraffes and elephants can also hear in this infra-sound range.

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