Explain how defects in a metal block can be detected using ultrasound.
Ultrasounds can be used to detect cracks and flaws in metal blocks. Defects in metal blocks occur due to crack in them. Cracks have air in them. The speed of sound in metal is greater than that in air. Thus, air acts as a rarer medium for sound waves. Whenever ultrasound is transmitted through a metal block that has defects, these waves get reflected in encountering such cracks. Therefore, these waves are not detected at the detector placed on the other side of the block, opposite to that of the transmitter. This indicates that there is a defect in the block.
Explain the working and application of a sonar.
Explain how sound is produced by your school bell.
A sound wave travels at a speed of 339 m s-1. If its wavelength is 1.5 cm, what is the frequency of the wave? Will it be audible?
Distinguish between loudness and intensity of sound.
Which characteristic of the sound helps you to identify your friend by his voice while sitting with others in a dark room?
A sonar device on a submarine sends out a signal and receives an echo 5 s later. Calculate the speed of sound in water if the distance of the object from the submarine is 3625 m.
How is ultrasound used for cleaning?
Which wave property determines
(a) loudness, (b) pitch?
Explain how the human ear works.
Suppose you and your friend are on the moon. Will you be able to hear any sound produced by your friend?
Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?
State the universal law of gravitation.
Which of the following are matter?
Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.
A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?
What is meant by a pure substance?
In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.
sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water
What are canal rays?
State any two conditions essential for good health.
How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?
Who discovered cells, and how?
Soni says that the acceleration in an object could be zero even when several forces are acting on it. Do you agree with her? Why?
An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 200 m in 40 s. What will be the distance covered and the displacement at the end of 2 minutes 20 s?
Illustrate the law of conservation of energy by discussing the energy changes which occur when we draw a pendulum bob to one side and allow it to oscillate. Why does the bob eventually come to rest? What happens to its energy eventually? Is it a violation of the law of conservation of energy?
Suggest a method to liquefy atmospheric gases.
Diagrammatically show the difference between the three types of muscle fibres.
What are the functions of the stomata?
How are living organisms dependent on the soil? Are organisms that live in water totally independent of soil as a resource?
A pair of bullocks exerts a force of 140 N on a plough. The field being ploughed is 15 m long. How much work is done in ploughing the length of the field?
How are clouds formed?
Draw a labelled diagram of a neuron.