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SUBJECT : SCIENCE
TOPIC

Revision Worksheet No: 9

: SOUND

Ref. Text: Oxford New Science in everyday life

Class: VIII

(pg. no.: 163 175)

Date of Issue: 12/11/2014.

Name of the Student:________________________

Class VIII Sec: ________ Roll No:______

1. Define Time period of sound wave. What is its S.I unit? How is it related to frequency?
2. What are ultrasonic sounds?
3. How do astronauts talk to one another on the surface of moon? Why?
4. Which wave property determines a) Loudness b) Pitch?
5. How is pitch altered in wind instruments?
6. We hear thunder sound a few second after the flash is seen even though they occur
simultaneously. Why?
7. What is the range of audible frequency for human beings?
8. Write the functions of the following parts of our ear: a) Pinna

b) eardrum c) ear bones d) tiny hair in the inner ear

9. A Pendulum oscillates 40 times in 5 seconds. Find its Time period and frequency?
10.What is the use of air chamber in stringed instruments?
11. A gun is fired in the air at a distance of 900m from a person. He hears the sound of the
gun after 3 seconds. What is the speed of sound?
12. Define amplitude of a vibration.

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Note: - Questions to be done in the note book C (1 to 6) and D (1 to 5) from page no 172 of
Your science text book.

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