Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following statements is NOT correct regarding the travel of sound waves?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
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Download Solution PDFCONCEPT:
Sound:
- A sound is a form of energy that produces a sensation of hearing in our ears.
- It is a kind of disturbance that travels through a medium due to repeated vibrations of the particles of the medium about their mean positions.
- The disturbance being handed over from one particle to the next.
Sound: It is a form of energy produced by vibration or disturbance that propagates in a medium.
- It travels in the form of longitudinal waves (Compression or rarefaction)
EXPLANATION:
- Sound waves travel in straight lines directly outwards from their source in the form of compression and rarefaction.
- From above it is clear that a sound is a form of energy that produces a sensation of hearing in our ears.
- Sound is a mechanical wave and needs a material medium like air, water, steel, etc. for its propagation.
- It cannot travel through a vacuum. Therefore option 4 is incorrect.
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