JAMB Physics · Waves and optics
Sound waves: JAMB Physics Past Questions and Answers
What the JAMB syllabus covers in Sound waves
Our summary: How sound travels through a medium, its speed, and echoes and reverberation.
- The necessity for a material medium
- Speed of sound in solids, liquids and air
- Reflection of sound; echoes, reverberation and their applications
- Advantages and disadvantages of echoes and reverberations
Objectives
- determine the need for a material medium in the propagation of sound waves;
- compare the speed of sound in solids, liquids and air;
- relate the effects of temperature and pressure to the speed of sound in air;
- solve problem on echoes, reverberation and speed;
- compare the disadvantages and advantages of echoes;
- solve problems on echo, reverberation and speed of sound.
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JAMB Physics questions on Sound waves
- JAMB 2025What happens to the speed of sound in air when the pressure increases at a constant temperature
- JAMB 2025Lining the walls of an auditorium with perforated materials reduces
- JAMB 2025The speed of sound in air is 60 m/s. How far from the centre of a storm is an observer who hears a thunder clap 4s after the flash of the lightning?
- JAMB 2023An explosion occurs at an altitude of 312 m above the ground. If the air temperature is -10.00°C, how long does it take the sound to reach the ground? [velocity…
- JAMB 2023Which of the following is a type of wave that is both mechanical and longitudinal?
- JAMB 2022A tuning fork having a frequency of 312 Hz emits a wave which has a wavelength of 1.10 m. Calculate the velocity of sound
- JAMB 2022The main factor which affects the speed of sound wave is the?
- JAMB 2021If a sound wave goes from a cold air region to a hot air region, its wavelength will?
- JAMB 2021A source of sound produces waves in air of wavelength 1.65m. If the speed of sound in air is 330ms ^ -1 , the period of vibration in air is?
- JAMB 2021A boy standing some distance from the foot of a tall cliff claps his hands and hears an echo 0.5s later. If the speed of sound is 340ms ^ -1 , how far is he…
- JAMB 2020A ship travelling towards a cliff receives the echo of its whistle after 3.5 seconds. A short while later, it receives the echo after 2.5 seconds. If the speed…
- JAMB 2020When a sound wave passes from air into water its
- JAMB 2019A siren having a ring of 200 hole makes 132 rev/min. A jet of air is directed on the set of holes. Calculate the frequency and wavelength in air of the note…
- JAMB 2019Which of the following characteristics of a wave is used in the measurement of the depth of the Sea?
- JAMB 2019Which of the following media allow the transmission of sound waves through them? I. air II. liquid III. solids
- JAMB 2018A boy receives the echo of his clap reflected by a nearby hill 0.8s later. If the speed of sound in air is 340ms ^-1 , how far is he from the hill?
- JAMB 2018A man hears his echo from a nearby hill 2s after he shouted. If the frequency of his voice is 260Hz and the wavelength is 1.29m, how far away is the hill?
- JAMB 2013What is the velocity of sound at 100 oC if the velocity of sound at 0 oC is 340ms -1?
- JAMB 2012Which of the following factors will affect the velocity of sound?
- JAMB 2011Which of the following types of waves needs a medium for propagation?
- JAMB 2010THe velocity of sound in air at 16oC is 340 ms^ -1 . What will it be when the pressure is doubled and its temperature raised to 127ºC?
- JAMB 2010The sound of an electricity bell dies down slowly when air is slowly pumped out from a bottle because
- JAMB 2010During a thunderstorm, the sound is heard over a long time. this phenomenon is referred to as?
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