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    Term II Class 8

    The City School


    Worksheet # 6.1.a
    Topic: Sound and Hearing

    Name: ___________________ Class: ___________

    By attempting this worksheet, learners will be able to:


    • Explain how sounds are made
    • Identify the source of vibrations in a range of cases
    • Define terms compressions and rarefactions
    •

    Q.1 Sound waves consist of compressions and rarefactions.

    Explain the terms compression and rarefaction. Give your explanation in terms of the spacing of
    molecules and the pressure for sound waves in air.

    compression
    _____________________________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________________

    rarefaction

    ____________________________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________________________

    Q.2 A teacher uses a long spring to demonstrate wave motion. She makes a wave move along the coils of the
    spring. The diagram shows the wave on the spring.

    a. Label compressions and rarefactions on the diagram.

    b. Explain why the type of wave in the diagram is a longitudinal wave.

    _____________________________________________________________________________
    Term II Class 8

    Q.3 The sound is produced by the vibration of objects and is propagated through a medium from one location
    to another. The to and fro or back and forth motion of an object is termed as vibration. The motion of objects
    causes vibrations.

    Give examples of objects which produce sound by vibration.

    _________________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    Q.4 The diagram shows a tuning fork and a wooden block.

    The tuning fork is hit against the wooden block and then makes a sound. Describe how the tuning fork
    produces the sound.
    ________________________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________________________

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