MCQ
Sound is produced when:
- AThe prongs of the fork are vibrated.
- BStretched rubber band is plucked.
- CMechanical vibrations are produced.
- ✓All of these.
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these.
Sound is produced when something vibrates. The vibrating body causes the medium $($water, air, etc.$)$ around it to vibrate. Vibrations in air are called traveling longitudinal waves, which we can hear. Sound waves consist of areas of high and low pressure called compressions and rarefactions, respectively.
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