Heat and Sound Worksheet

A 300 gram piece of metal loses 650 calories cooling from 100°C to 30°C. What is the specific heat capacity of the metal?
A person is yelling from a woman's dorm window. If the speed of sound is 348 m/s and the distance from the dorm to the cafeteria is 87 meters, how long does it take the sound to reach the cafeteria?
A piece of equipment called a Phlogiston 9000 has a warning label on it that says, "Caution! This Phlogiston produces 140 decibels." What safety precaution should you take before you turn it on?
Which tends to produce a lower frequency: a long tube or a short tube?
A wave has a crest to crest distance of 10 meters. What is the wavelength?
A water wave with a crest to crest distance of 10 meters has a time between crests of 8 seconds. What is the speed of the wave?
A person shouts at a cliff and hears an echo from the cliff a half a second later. If the speed of sound is 348 m/s, how far away is the cliff?