Practice - Refraction of Sound
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Practice Questions
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What happens to sound waves when they move from air to water?
💡 Hint: Consider how density affects sound.
Define refraction in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about how light bends too!
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What is refraction?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when waves change speed.
True or False: Sound travels faster in gases than in liquids.
💡 Hint: Consider why solids are denser than gases!
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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.
💡 Hint: Remember to convert speeds into indexes of refraction!
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.
💡 Hint: Consider how changes in relative density and temperature interact.
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