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प्रश्न
What are mechanical waves?
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उत्तर
The waves which travel in the medium through the vibrations of the medium particles about their mean positions are called mechanical waves.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How does the medium affect the amplitude of free/natural vibrations of a body?
Give one example to illustrate forced vibrations.
In following figure shows A, B, C and D are four pendulums suspended from the same elastic string XY. Lengths of pendulum A and D are equal, while the length of pendulum B is smaller and the pendulum C is longer. The pendulum A is set into vibration.
(a) what is your observation? (b) Give reason for your observation.

When a body vibrates under a periodic force, the vibrations of the body are ______.
Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the figure give below. Pendulum C is made to oscullate by displaying it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating.

(i) Name the type of oscillation, C will execute.
(ii) Name the type of oscillation, D will execute.
(iii) If the length of D is made equal to C then what difference will you notice in the oscillations of D ?
(iv) What is the name of the phenomenon when the length of D is made equal to C ?
In fig. shows two tuning forks P and Q of the same frequency mounted on separate sound boxes with their open ends facing each other. The fork A is set into vibration. (i) Describe your observation. (ii) State the principle illustrated by this experiment.

On keeping the stem of a vibrating tuning fork on the surface of a table, a loud sound is heard. Give reason.
When acoustic resonance takes place, a loud sound is heard. Why does this happen? Explain.
