Practice Refraction Of Sound (5.2) - Waves and Sound - IB 10 Sciences (Group 4)- Physics

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Question 1.
What happens to sound waves when they move from air to water?
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Consider how density affects sound.
Question 2.
Define refraction in your own words.
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Think about how light bends too!
3Question 3.
What is refraction?
- Bending of sound waves
- Reflection of sound waves
- Absorption of sound waves
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Think about what happens when waves change speed.
4Question 4.
True or False: Sound travels faster in gases than in liquids.
- True
- False
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Consider why solids are denser than gases!
Question 5.
A sound wave passing from air (speed = 343 m/s) into water (speed = 1482 m/s) strikes the water surface at an angle of 30 degrees. Using Snell’s Law, find the angle of refraction in water.
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Remember to convert speeds into indexes of refraction!
Question 6.
Critically evaluate how sound refraction would differ in a situation combining changing temperature, such as sound traveling through hot air to cooler water and its practical implications.
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Consider how changes in relative density and temperature interact.

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