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CBSE Class 9 Science, Chapter 10: Sound Waves: Characteristics and Applications

NCERT Exploration, pages 184–207. 20 topics, about 10 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.

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Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages

  • Introductionpage 184
  • 10.1Production of Soundpages 184–185
  • 10.1.1Tuning forkpage 186
  • 10.2Propagation of Soundpages 186–187
  • 10.2.1Sound needs a medium to propagatepages 187–188
  • 10.3Sound Wavespages 188–191
  • 10.4Energy of Sound Wavespages 191–192
  • 10.5Graphical Representation of a Sound Wavepages 192–193
  • 10.6Characteristics of a Sound Wavepage 194
  • 10.6.1Wavelength, frequency and time periodpages 194–195
  • 10.6.2Amplitude and intensity of the sound wavespages 195–196
  • 10.6.3Speed of Soundpages 196–198
  • 10.6.4Human perception of soundpages 198–200
  • 10.7Reflection of Soundpage 200
  • 10.7.1Echopage 201
  • 10.7.2Reverberationpages 201–202
  • 10.8Ultrasonic and Infrasonic Waves, and their Applicationspage 202
  • 10.8.1Echolocationpages 202–203
  • At a Glancepage 204
  • Revise, Reflect, Refinepages 204–206

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