Properties of sound and echo
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
An echo returns in 6 s (340 m/s). Distance in m?
1020
2
An echo sounder signal returns in 2 s (1500 m/s). Depth in m?
1500
3
A body vibrates 800 times in 2 s. Frequency in Hz?
400
4
Give one place where an echo is heard and one where it is not.
Heard: a mountain valley; not heard: a small room.
5
At home tap different vessels and note which sounds are higher and which lower.
Small, thin vessels usually give higher sounds.