At low speed the flow is streamlined and at high speed the flow is turbulent
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State how the pressure in moving fluid varies with the speed of the fluid
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State how the pressure in moving fluid varies with the speed of the fluid.
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State one factor that affects the speed of sound in solid
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State one factor that affects the speed of sound in solid.
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A boy standing in front of a cliff blows a whistle and hears the echo after 0.5 s. He then moves 17 metres further away from the cliff and blows the whistle again
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A boy standing in front of a cliff blows a whistle and hears the echo after 0.5 s. He then moves 17 metres further away from the cliff and blows the whistle again. He now hears the echo after 0.6 s. Determine the speed of the sound.
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A soldier standing some distance from a wall, blow a whistle and hears its echo 1.8 seconds later. How far is the wall from the soldier?
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A soldier standing some distance from a wall, blow a whistle and hears its echo 1.8 seconds later. How far is the wall from the soldier? (Speed of sound in air is 330ms-1)
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An electronic siren producing sound continuously at a certain frequency is dropped from the top to a deep hole
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An electronic siren producing sound continuously at a certain frequency is dropped from the top to a deep hole. State and explain what is observed about the pitch of the sound reaching the observer at the top.
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A girl standing 600 m away from a cliff bangs two pieces of wood together and hears an echo 3.5 seconds later
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A girl standing 600 m away from a cliff bangs two pieces of wood together and hears an echo 3.5 seconds later. Determine the speed of sound in air at the place.
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An observer watching a fireworks display sees the light from an explosion and hears the sound 2 seconds later
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An observer watching a fireworks display sees the light from an explosion and hears the sound 2 seconds later. How far was the explosion from the observer
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A mine worker stands between two vertical cliffs 400 m from the nearest cliff. The cliffs are x distance apart
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A mine worker stands between two vertical cliffs 400 m from the nearest cliff. The cliffs are x distance apart. Every time he strikes the rock once, he hears two echoes; the first one after 2.5s, while the second follows 2s later. From this information, calculate:
i) The speed of the sound in air
ii) The value of x.
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A ship in an ocean sends out an ultra sound whose echo is received after 3 seconds. If the wavelength of the ultra sound in water is 7.5 cm
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A ship in an ocean sends out an ultra sound whose echo is received after 3 seconds. If the wavelength of the ultra sound in water is 7.5 cm, and the frequency of the transmitter is 20 kHz,determine the depth of the ocean.
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The wavelength of a radio wave is 1 km. Determine its frequency.
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The wavelength of a radio wave is 1 km. Determine its frequency.
(Take the speed of light as 3.0 X 108ms-1)
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State difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves
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State difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves.
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The audible frequency range for a certain person is 30 Hz and 16, 500 Hz. Determine the largest wavelength of sound in air the person can detect
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The audible frequency range for a certain person is 30 Hz and 16, 500 Hz. Determine the largest wavelength of sound in air the person can detect.
(Speed of sound in air = 330m/s)
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Water waves are observed as they pass a fixed point at a rate of 30 crests per minute. A particular wave crest takes 2s to travel between two fixed points 6m apart.
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Water waves are observed as they pass a fixed point at a rate of 30 crests per minute. A particular wave crest takes 2s to travel between two fixed points 6m apart.
Determine for the wave:
i) The frequency
ii) The wavelength
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Give one example of a transverse wave and one example of longitudinal wave
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Give one example of a transverse wave and one example of longitudinal wave
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Calculate the wavelength of the KBC FM radio wave transmitted at a frequency of 95.6 Mega Hertz
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Calculate the wavelength of the KBC FM radio wave transmitted at a frequency of 95.6 Mega Hertz.
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State two distinctions between the way sound waves and electromagnetic waves are transmitted
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State two distinctions between the way sound waves and electromagnetic waves are transmitted.
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What is the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves?
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What is the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves?
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A spring extends by 6 cm when supporting a mass of 0.06 kg on earth. When the spring is used to support the same mass on the moon, it extends by 1 cm
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A spring extends by 6 cm when supporting a mass of 0.06 kg on earth. When the spring is used to support the same mass on the moon, it extends by 1 cm. Determine the moon's gravitational strength. (Take gravitational field strength on earth as 10 Nkg-1)
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A light spiral extends by 4 mm when loaded with a weight W. The spring is connected in series with an identical spring
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A light spiral extends by 4 mm when loaded with a weight W. The spring is connected in series with an identical spring. The combination is loaded with the weight W. Determine the extension of the combination.
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An object of weight 20 N attached at the end of a spring causes an extension of 0.5 cm on the spring
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An object of weight 20 N attached at the end of a spring causes an extension of 0.5 cm on the spring.
a) Determine the spring constant of the spring
b) Determine the weight of an object that would cause an extension of 0.86 cm when attached at the end of the same spring
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