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Types of waves - class-IX

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The longitudinal wave can be observed in

  1. Elastic media

  2. inelastic media

  3. Both $(1)$ & $(2)$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Longitudinal waves travel only in the elastic medium. These waves comprise of compressions and rarefactions. The speed of Longitudinal waves is given by :

$v=\dfrac{\sqrt{B}}{\rho }$ where B is the bulk modulus of elasticity and $\rho $ is the density of the medium

A transverse wave along a string is given by y=$2\sin \left( {2\pi \left( {3t - x} \right) - \frac{\pi }{6}} \right)$, where x and y are in cm and 't' is in second. The acceleration of a particle located at x=4cm at t =1s is 

  1. $36\pi ^2$

  2. $72\pi ^2$

  3. $18\pi ^2$

  4. $12\pi ^2$


Correct Option: A

The waves propagating on water surface are

  1. ultrasonic

  2. longitudinal

  3. unaudible

  4. transverse


Correct Option: B,D
Explanation:

The answers are (B) and (D).

The waves on the surface of the water are neither longitudinal nor transverse.The wave on the water surface is the superposition of transverse and longitudinal motions of the molecules.

The property of a medium necessary for wave propagation is its

  1. elasticity

  2. low resistance

  3. inertia

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The properties of a medium necessary for wave propagation are its elasticity, low resistance and inertia. 
Ans: D

When a stone is dropped on the surface of still water, the waves produced are 

  1. stationary

  2. transverse

  3. longitudinal

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

On the surface of water transverse waves form.
Option "B" is correct.

When a sound wave goes from one medium to another , the quantity that remains unchanged is

  1. Frequency

  2. amplitude

  3. wavelength

  4. speed


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The electric and magnetic fields have to remain continuous at the refractive index boundary. If the frequency changed, the light at each side of the boundary would be continuously changing it's relative phase and there would be no way to match the fields.
Furthermore, for conservation of energy frequency should remain same.
Energy $E' = h\nu'$ inside the glass must be equal to the energy outside, so
$E = E'$ gives
$h\nu = h\nu'$
so $\nu = \nu'$
the frequency in the medium is equal to that of outside.
Ans: A

Waves inside a gas are

  1. Longitudinal

  2. Transverse

  3. Partly longitudinal, partly transverse

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When a wave propagates through a gas, the displacement of the particle is parallel to wave propagation. Thus, it's a longitudinal wave. 

State whether the given statement is True or False :
Sound waves are transverse whereas light waves are longitudinal in nature in air.
  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sound is a mechanical wave that results from the back and forth vibration of the particles of the medium through which the sound wave is moving. If a sound wave is moving from left to right through air, then particles of air will be displaced both rightward and leftward as the energy of the sound wave passes through it. The motion of the particles is parallel to the direction of the energy transport. This is what characterizes sound waves in air as longitudinal waves.
Hence, the statement is false.

The waves in which the particles of the medium travel in the same direction as the waves are called :

  1. linear waves

  2. longitudinal waves

  3. transverse waves

  4. electromagnetic waves


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The waves in which the particles of the medium travel in the same direction as the waves are called longitudinal waves. 

Example:sound waves, seismic waves.

Wave on water surface are

  1. Longitudinal

  2. Transverse

  3. Combination of longitudinal and transverse.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$Answer:-$ C option

Ocean waves are both longitudinal and transverse. Technically, they're a special category called surface waves. 

At the surface of the water (or generally any place two fluids of different densities meet) the force of gravity acts as the "returning" force required for transverse waves to propagate. Gravity wants to level out the surface of the water, so peaks try to flatten and troughs try to fill. This is somewhat similar to the way a guitar string tries to return to a straight line after being plucked. 

However there is essentially zero shear strength in water, so pure transverse waves would die out extremely quickly. The trick comes from the fact that the water in an ocean wave does not move with the wave itself -- each bit of water can only give its neighbors a push, not flow. This push increases the local pressure in the water, which allows the wave to become deeper/higher.

If you could see the bulk pressure/motion of the water column below the surface, you would immediately see the fact that the "wave" is mostly a localized upswell caused by an actual submerged longitudinal pressure wave. Or you could say the upswell from the wave causes a submerged longitudinal pressure wave beneath it! Two ways to say the same thing. Dynamic fluid behavior is tricky like that. 

The waves produced by a motor boat sailing in water are

  1. transverse

  2. longitudinal

  3. longitudinal and transverse

  4. stationary


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When a motor boat sails in water , waves will be produced on the surface of the water. We know that water waves are a combination of longitudinal and transverse waves as the particles move in a circular path.    

Energy is not carried by 

  1. Transverse progressive waves

  2. Longitudinal progressive waves

  3. Stationary waves

  4. Electromagnetic waves


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$Answer:-$ C option

All the propagating waves (wave on string -transverse , sound-longitudinal)  carry energy with them and also electromagnetic waves like light carry energy.
Stationary waves do not carry energy with them because their energy is confined in that area (as they are not propagating).

Waves inside a gas are

  1. Longitudinal

  2. Transverse

  3. Partly longitudinal, partly transverse.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$Answer:-$ A option

In fluids (liquids and gases), atoms have no "equilibrium location"; they can move freely past each other. So if one atom gets moved by a disturbance, there's no restoring force to pull it back to its equilibrium location,
hence transverse waves cannot travel through fluids.
so only longitudinal waves can travel in gases and liquids.

The moon is at a distance of $4\, \times\, 10^8\, m$ from the earth. What is the nature of radar signal transmitted from earth?

  1. Remain fixed

  2. Vibrate to and fro about their mean position

  3. Move along the wave

  4. Change their positions permanently


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

radar signal is a example of EM wave . so the signal will vibrate to and fro about mean position

so the answer is B.

The angle between particle velocity and wave velocity in a transverse wave is

  1. zero

  2. $\pi /4$

  3. $\pi /2$

  4. $\pi$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In a transverse wave, the displacement of the particle is perpendicular to the wave propagation. Thus, the angle between particle velocity and wave  velocity should be $\pi/2$.

The waves in which the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave motion is known as

  1. Longitudinal waves

  2. Propagated waves

  3. Transverse wave

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Transverse waves have particles oscillating perpendicular to the direction of motion of wave. Ripple in the surface of water is transverse in nature

The waves which can propagate in metals are :

  1. longitudinal waves

  2. transverse waves

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Propagation of waves depends on the medium through which they propagate. Transverse wave need a medium rigid enough which neither liquid nor gas can provide and hence transverse wave can travel through metals. For longitudinal wave they just require a medium for propagation. Hence transverse and longitudinal wave can both propagate in metals.

Wave in which particles of the medium oscillate to and from about their mean position is

  1. Transverse wave

  2. Longitudinal wave

  3. Oscillatory wave

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

By definition a wave in which the particles of the medium oscillate to and fro about their mean positions in the direction of propagation is known as longitudinal wave. It can be produced in any medium.

Disturbance produced in a material medium due to the vibratory motion of the particles of the medium is called a

  1. compression

  2. vibration

  3. wave

  4. rarefaction


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In wave motion, particles of the medium vibrate about their mean positions. The particles of the medium do not move from one place to another

The waves produced in a spring by compressing a small portion of it and releasing are

  1. transverse waves

  2. longitudinal waves

  3. oscillatory waves

  4. non material waves


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Waves produced in a spring by compressing a small portion of it and releasing are longitudinal waves.

Compression and rarefaction are seen in

  1. Transverse waves

  2. Non mechanical waves

  3. Longitudinal waves

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Compression and rarefaction are seen in longitudinal waves

The waves in which the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave motion is known as

  1. Transverse wave

  2. Propagated waves

  3. Longitudinal waves

  4. Stationary waves


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In transverse waves, particle of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave motion.

State whether the given statement is True or False :
The ripples in water waves are created by the oscillatory movement of water particles.
  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We know that a transverse wave consists of successive crests and troughs. In a  transverse wave, the particles of the medium oscillate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

We can easily see that the ripples in water are transverse in nature. They are created due to the oscillation of the water particles.

When we pluck the wire of a sitar, the waves produced in the wire are

  1. Longitudinal

  2. Transverse

  3. Sometimes longitudinal and sometimes transverse

  4. Electromagnetic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular (or right angled) to the direction of energy transfer. If a transverse wave is moving in the positive x-direction, its oscillations are in up and down directions that lie in the yz plane. In any pluck string instrument we are actually doing the same.

A transverse wave is a wave that consists of oscillations that are 

  1. parallel to the direction of wave propagation

  2. perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation

  3. radial to the direction of wave propagation

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A transverse wave is a wave that consists of oscillations that are perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation

The correct option is (b)

A loaded spring produces __________ waves.

  1. Transverse

  2. Longitudinal

  3. Both (A) and (B)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

loaded spring  applies force only in axial direction of the spring and the movement is also axial so the waves produced are longitudinal waves.

so the answer is B.

In a transverse wave, the distance between a crest and the immediate trough is $\frac{\lambda}{2}$.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

the distance between two either consecutive troughs or troughs is called wavelength and between a trough and a immediate crest is half of wavelength .

so the answer is A.

Which property in a medium changes, when a longitudinal wave passes through it

  1. Pressure

  2. Mass

  3. Velocity

  4. Acceleration


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The pressure in a medium varies as a longitduinal wave passes through the medium

The correct answer is (a)

Transverse mechanical wave can travel in :

  1. Iron rod

  2. Hydrogen gas

  3. Water

  4. Stretched string


Correct Option: A,C,D
Explanation:

Transverse wave is that wave which vibrate the particles of medium in the medium in the $\bot $ar direction to the direction of wave propegation.

Exp :-    $\left( 1. \right) $ A wave on string.
             $\left( 2. \right) $ Ripples on water waves.
             $\left( 3. \right) $ EM wave.
             $\left( 4. \right) $ In metals like iron rod.

In brass, the velocity of longitudinal waves is $100\ times$ the velocity of transverse waves. If $Y = 1 \times 10 ^ { 11 }\ N/m^2,$ then the stress in the wire is

  1. $10 ^ { 7 }/ N/m^2$

  2. $10 ^ { 8 }/ N/m^2$

  3. $10 ^ { 9 }/ N/m^2$

  4. $10 ^ { 10 }/ N/m^2$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Velocity of transverse wave ${V _T} = \sqrt {\left( {\frac{T}{m}} \right)} $

${V _T} = \sqrt {\left{ {\frac{T}{{\left( {\pi {r^2}\rho } \right)}}} \right}} .............\left( 1 \right)$
Velocity of longitudinal wave ${V _L} = \sqrt {\frac{Y}{\rho }} ...............\left( 2 \right)$
Given:
$\begin{array}{l} { V _{ L } }=100{ V _{ T } } \ \therefore \sqrt { \frac { Y }{ \rho  }  } =100\sqrt { \left{ { \frac { T }{ { \left( { \pi { r^{ 2 } }\rho  } \right)  } }  } \right}  }  \ \therefore Y={ \left( { 100 } \right) ^{ 2 } }\times \left{ { \frac { T }{ { \left( { \pi { r^{ 2 } } } \right)  } }  } \right}  \end{array}$
As stress $ = \left{ {\frac{{\left( {force} \right)}}{{\left( {area} \right)}}} \right} = \left{ {\frac{T}{{\left( {\pi {r^2}} \right)}}} \right}$
$\therefore Y = {10^4} \times $stress
$\therefore$ stress $ = \left( {\frac{Y}{{{{10}^4}}}} \right) = \left{ {\frac{{\left( {1 \times {{10}^{11}}} \right)}}{{\left( {{{10}^4}} \right)}}} \right} = 1 \times {10^7}\,\,N/{m^2}$

A wave moving in a gas

  1. must be longitudinal

  2. may be longitudinal

  3. must be transverse

  4. may be transverse


Correct Option: A

Longitudinal waves do not exhibit ?

  1. Refraction

  2. reflaction

  3. Diffraction

  4. Polarization


Correct Option: D

Choose the correct options for longitudinal wave

  1. maximum pressure variation is BAk

  2. maximum density variation is pAk

  3. pressure equation and density equation are in phase

  4. pressure equation and displacement equation are out of phase


Correct Option: C

A longitudinal wave consists of :

  1. crest and trough in the medium

  2. compression and rarefraction in the medium

  3. both (a) & (b)

  4. nither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: A

Find the incorrect statement

  1. Ultrasound can be used to determine the sex of the unborn baby (embryo)

  2. Ultrasound can be used to keep away rodents in cold storage

  3. Ultrasound can be used to detect even bone fractures

  4. Ultrasound travels faster than sound


Correct Option: C,D
Explanation:

Ultrasound frequency used for imaging is about $5 MHz.$
The corresponding wavelength is $\lambda = \dfrac{v}{\nu}=\dfrac{1540 \text{m/s}}{5\times 10^6} = 0.3mm$ 
Here speed of ultrasound in tissue is taken to be $1540 m/s$.
So ultrasound can not be used for bone fractures as it bone fracture can have size of few microns.
Ultrasound does not travel faster than sound. Sound speed does not depend on frequency.
$v=\nu \lambda$ if $\nu$ is higher, $\lambda$ becomes smaller and $v$ remains constant.

A metal bar clamped at its center resonates in its fundamental mode to produce longitudinal waves of frequency 4 kHz.Now the clamp is moved to one end. If ${f _1}\;{\text{and}}\;{f _2}$ be the frequencies of first overtone and second overtone respectively then, 

  1. $3{f _2} = 5{f _1}$

  2. ${f _2} = 2{f _1}$

  3. $3{f _1} = 5{f _2}$

  4. $2{f _2} = {f _1}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$\begin{array}{l} { f _{ 1 } }=3f \ { f _{ 2 } }=5f \ \Rightarrow 5{ f _{ 1 } }=3{ f _{ 2 } } \ Hence, \ option\, \, A\, \, is\, \, correct\, \, answer. \end{array}$

A longitudinal wave is reflected from the surface of a rigid wall. Its phase changes by :

  1. 0 rad

  2. $\pi $ rad

  3. $\pi $/2 rad

  4. 2 $\pi $ rad


Correct Option: B

In a stationary wave represented by $y = a \sin wt \cos kx$, amplitude of the component progressive wave is

  1. $\frac{a}{2}$

  2. $a$

  3. $2a$

  4. $a^2$


Correct Option: A

Which of the following equations represents a wave travelling along  $Y$-axis ?

  1. $x = A \sin ( k y - \omega t )$

  2. $y = A \sin ( k x - \omega t )$

  3. $y = A \sin k y \cos \omega t$

  4. $y = A \cos k y \sin \omega t$


Correct Option: A

How many types of mechanical waves exist in physics?

  1. one

  2. two

  3. three

  4. four


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

There are 3 types of mechanical waves
1.Transverse Waves
2.Longitudinal Waves
3.Surface Waves

State whether the given statement is True or False :

If a pebble is thrown into the water the ripples on the surface of water are created due to translatory motion of the water particles.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

when the pebble is thrown in water the disturbance created travels in all outwards directions over the surface of the water in the form of ripples these ripples are circular in shape .

so the statement is false .
so answer is B.

When a tuning fork vibrates, the waves produced in the stem are:

  1. longitudinal

  2. transverse

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When tuning fork is sounded by striking its one end then the prongs vibrate in and out and stem vibrate up and down. Hence, vibration of prongs are transverse and those of stem are longitudinal. 

Hence Option A is correct

Transverse waves cannot travel through

  1. An iron rod

  2. Hydrogen gas

  3. A stretched nylon string

  4. Lubricating oil


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Transverse waves cannot propagate in a gas because there is no mechanism for driving motion perpendicular to the propagation of the wave.

so the answer is B.

Water waves are

  1. longitudinal

  2. transverse

  3. neither longitudinal nor transverse

  4. both longitudinal and transverse


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Water waves are both longitudinal and transverse. As a wave travels throught he water, the particles travel in clockwise circles. The radius of the circles decreases as the depth into the water.

Hence option (D) is correct.

When we pluck the wire of a sitar, the waves produced in the air are ___________.

  1. longitudinal

  2. transverse

  3. sometimes longitudinal and sometimes transverse

  4. electromagnetic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When we pluck the wire of a sitar, the wave produced in the wire are transverse wave.

Hence option (B) is correct.

In a slinky

  1. Both transverse pulse as well as longitudinal pulse can be generated

  2. Both types of pulse cannot be generated

  3. Only a transverse pulse can be generated

  4. Only a longitudinal pulse can be generated


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Slinky is a dress which is tight-fitting, elastic and flexible. By fixing one end on a rigid support and holding the other end waves can be generated. By moving it back and forth, longitudinal waves can be generated. By moving up and down, transverse can be made.

Waves on water surface are

  1. Longitudinal

  2. Transverse

  3. Combination of longitudinal and transverse

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Water surface exhibits a combination of both longitudinal and transverse waves. When the wave travels through the water, the particles travel in a circular path, both parallel and perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. 

When you speak to your friend, the quantity having a non unique value in the sound produced is

  1. amplitude

  2. wave velocity

  3. frequency

  4. wavelength


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Amplitude and frequency depend on source and as frequency is different, wavelength also has to be different to maintain same speed as speed is constant for a medium in a particular condition.

Which one of following is not a longitudinal wave?

  1. Ultrasonic wave

  2. Infrasonic wave

  3. Infrared wave

  4. Seismic wave


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ultrasonic wave , Infrasonic wave and Seismic wave are longitudinal waves

Infrared wave is Transverse wave
Therefore Infrared wave is not a longitudinal wave
Therefore correct option is $C$

Velocity of a transverse wave along a stretched string is proportional to ___________. (T=tension in the string).

  1. $\sqrt{T}$

  2. $\displaystyle T$

  3. $\displaystyle\frac{1}{\sqrt T}$

  4. $\displaystyle\frac{1}{T}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Velocity of transverse wave $v =\sqrt{\dfrac{T}{\mu}}$

where $T$ is the tension in the string and $\mu$ is the mass of string per unit its length.
$\implies$ $v \propto \sqrt{T}$

All waves can be classified into two categories which are

  1. Sound waves and electromagnetic waves

  2. Transverse waves and electromagnetic waves

  3. Longitudinal waves and electromagnetic waves

  4. Transverse waves and longitudinal waves


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All waves can be classified into two categories . They are Transverse and longitudinal waves

A transverse wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves.
A longitudinal wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction parallel to the direction that the wave moves
Therefore option $D$ is correct

Transverse nature of light was confirmed by the phenomenon of the

  1. refraction of light

  2. diffraction of light

  3. dispersion of light

  4. polarization of light.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The phenomenon of polarization confirms that light is a transverse wave because for polarization, the light should have different components oscillating in the different planes and a transverse wave has the oscillations perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.

Chronometer is?

  1. An clock for determining the longitude of a vessel at sea

  2. An instrument for changing or reversing the direction of electric current

  3. An instrument for measuring the direction and velocity of wind

  4. An instrument for comparing intensities of colours


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chronometer is an instrument for measuring time accurately in spite of motion or variations in temperature, humidity, and air pressure.So it can be used a a clock for determining the longitude of a vessel at sea.

Which of the following statements is true?

  1. Pressure undergoes no change at the nodes in the case of longitudinal stationary waves

  2. Pressure is minimum at the nodes in the case of longitudinal stationary waves

  3. Pressure is maximum at nodes in the case of longitudinal stationary waves

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

At nodes in longitudinal waves,there is maximum compression, So, there will be pressure.

Transverse waves can propagate

  1. only in solid

  2. both in solid and gases

  3. neither in solid nor in gases

  4. only in gases


Correct Option: A

When source and detector are stationary but the wind is blowing at speed ${ v } _{ w }$, the apparent wavelength ${ \lambda  }'$ on the wind side is related to actual wavelength ${ \lambda  }$ by [take speed of sound in air as v]

  1. ${ \lambda }'={ \lambda }$

  2. ${ \lambda }'=\frac { { v } _{ w } }{ v } \lambda $

  3. ${ \lambda }'=\frac { { v } _{ w }+v }{ v } \lambda $

  4. ${ \lambda }'=\frac { v }{ v-{ v } _{ w } } \lambda $


Correct Option: C

Equation of a longitudinal wave is given as $y=106{-2}\sin 2\pi\left(1000t+\dfrac{50x}{17}\right)$ (all SI units). At $t=0$, change in pressure is maximum (in modulus) at x$=$.

  1. $0.34$

  2. $0.255$

  3. $0.085$

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A

Assertion - Sound wave is an example of longitudinal wave.
Reason - In longitudinal waves, the constituents of the medium oscillate perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.

  1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

  2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

  3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

  4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A sound wave is an example of the longitudinal wave.
But in longitudinal waves, the constituents of the medium oscillate parallel to the direction of wave propagation. So sound wave is an example of longitudinal wave.

Which of the following is not a longitudinal wave?

  1. Seismic P-wave

  2. Light

  3. Sound

  4. Ultrasound


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In case of light, the waveform changes perpendicular to the relative motion. So, it is a type of transverse wave, which causes the medium to vibrate perpendicular to the wave energy .

Light waves are transverse in nature.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

light is a EM wave and has transverse nature .

so the answer is A.

A longitudinal wave is a wave that consists of oscillations that are 

  1. perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation

  2. parallel to the direction of wave propagation

  3. radial to the direction of wave propagation

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A longitudinal wave is a wave that consists of oscillations that are perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation

The correct option is (b)

In a longitudinal wave, the density of particles is more at a compression.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

in longitudinal waves at compressions density is high and at rerefactions the particle density is low.

so the answer is A.

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