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Question 32

A sounding tuning fork is brought near the end of a pipe containing an air column and the loudness of the sound increases. This effect is due to

  • A.diffraction
  • B.an echo
  • C.resonance
  • D.interference
  • E.reverberation
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1988
Question no.
#32
Type
Objective
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