Applications of reflection of sound sheet4-mark answer frameExplain any four applications of the reflection of sound.
How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.
- 1 · Open. Sound reflects from hard surfaces; repeated reflection and echoes have many uses.
- 2 · Write four uses.
- Stethoscope: the heartbeat is reflected many times along the tube to the ears.
- Megaphone: the cone reflects sound forward in one direction.
- Sound board: a concave board with the speaker at its focus spreads sound to the audience.
- SONAR: the ultrasonic echo from the seabed gives the depth, d = vt/2.
- 3 · Draw, if asked. [Diagram: ship sending ultrasonic waves to the seabed and receiving the echo, with depth d marked]
- 4 · Real-life link. Fishing boats use fish finders, and hospitals use ultrasound scans.
- 5 · Close. Thus the reflection of sound helps in medicine, navigation and public speaking.
Scoring tip: For each use, write the device and one line on how reflection helps. Names alone get no marks.