16+17: A sound wave is produced by a student banging two wooden blocks together. The student is 50m from a large wall. After 0.3s an echo is heard.

speed of sound eperiment using echo
16. What causes the echo?
  • A).  Sound being refracted by the wall.
  • B).  Sound being reflected off the blocks.
  • C).  Sound being bounced off the air molecules.
  • D).  Sound being reflected by the wall.
17. What is the speed of the sound wave produced?
  • A). 167 m/s
  • B). 333 m/s
  • C). 15 m/s
  • D). 30 m/s

18-20: What are the missing values in this table showing data for sound waves travelling through different substances?

phones
 
wavelength
frequency
velocity
18.
20m
60Hz
19.
5m
300 m/s
20.
2kHz
1600 m/s

21. If light his the inside surface of a glass block at a large angle of incidence, it is reflected. The smallest angle at which this occurs is called the ...

  • A). angle of refraction
  • B). angle of reflection
  • C). incident angle
  • D). critical angle

22. What is the name of this effect?

  • A). Internal reflection
  • B). Total internal relection
  • C). Mirror image
  • D). Reflected imaging

23. Which one of these devices makes use of this effect?

  • A). magnifying glass
  • B). ray box
  • C). optical fibre
  • D). laser

24. Which of these gives the range of human hearing?

  • A). 2 – 2000 Hz
  • B). 20 – 2000 Hz
  • C). 2 – 20 000 Hz
  • D). 20 – 20 000 Hz

 

25 -27: The diagram below shows 4 sound waves displayed on an oscilloscope screen.

4 x oscilloscope screens

Which of these diagrams shows...

25. A loud, high pitched sound?  
26. A quiet, high frequency sound?
27. A high volume, short wavelength sound?

28. Which of these lines correctly shows the path of a ray of light through a block of glass?

refraction through glass with 4 alternative rays

29. The black line in this diagram shows how light is refracted by a a glass block. If a tank full of water was used instead, which red line would show the direction of the new ray?

refraction wth 4 alternative rays

 

30. The diagram shows how a lens bends light. Which type of lens is it, and what is point x called? lens with light rays

 

  lens type point x
A concave principal focus
B convex principal focus
C concave image point
D convex image point