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O Level Physics 5054 · Sound. 1 Describe the production of sound by vibrating sources 2 Describe the longitudinal nature of sound waves and describe compressions and rarefactions 3 State the approximate range of frequencies audible to humans as 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz 4 Explain why sound waves cannot travel in a vacuum and describe an experiment to demonstrate this 5 Describe how changes in amplitude and frequency affect the loudness and pitch of sound waves 6 Describe how different sound sources produce sound waves with different qualities (timbres), as shown by the shape of the traces on an oscilloscope 7 Describe an echo as the reflection of sound waves 8 Describe simple experiments to show the reflection of sound waves 9 Describe a method involving a measurement of distance and time for determining the speed of sound in air 10 Know that the speed of sound in air is approximately 330–350 m / s 11 Know that, in general,

In Cambridge O Level Physics 5054, Sound came up in 36 of the 72 papers on Paperstreak, for about 3 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in October/November 2025.

Often set with General properties of waves.

58 questions, newest first

  1. 5054/11/O/N/25 Question 18 · 1 mark
  2. 5054/11/O/N/25 Question 24 · 1 mark
  3. 5054/11/O/N/25 Question 25 · 1 mark
  4. 5054/12/O/N/25 Question 5 · 1 mark
  5. 5054/12/O/N/25 Question 26 · 1 mark
  6. 5054/11/M/J/25 Question 25 · 1 mark
  7. 5054/11/M/J/25 Question 26 · 1 mark
  8. 5054/11/M/J/25 Question 27 · 1 mark
  9. 5054/12/M/J/25 Question 18 · 1 mark
  10. 5054/12/M/J/25 Question 25 · 1 mark
  11. 5054/12/M/J/25 Question 26 · 1 mark
  12. 5054/12/M/J/25 Question 27 · 1 mark
  13. 5054/21/M/J/25 Question 5 parts (a(i)) (a(ii)) · 2 marks
  14. 5054/22/M/J/25 Question 4 parts (a) (b(iii)) · 3 marks
  15. 5054/11/O/N/24 Question 28 · 1 mark
  16. 5054/11/O/N/24 Question 29 · 1 mark
  17. 5054/12/O/N/24 Question 19 · 1 mark
  18. 5054/21/O/N/24 Question 5 part (a) · 2 marks
  19. 5054/11/M/J/24 Question 28 · 1 mark
  20. 5054/12/M/J/24 Question 23 · 1 mark
  21. 5054/12/M/J/24 Question 27 · 1 mark
  22. 5054/21/M/J/24 Question 4 part (a(iii)) · 1 mark
  23. 5054/11/O/N/23 Question 22 · 1 mark
  24. 5054/12/O/N/23 Question 25 · 1 mark
  25. 5054/22/O/N/23 Question 6 parts (b) (c) (d) · 6 marks
  26. 5054/11/M/J/23 Question 24 · 1 mark
  27. 5054/12/M/J/23 Question 23 · 1 mark
  28. 5054/11/O/N/22 Question 25 · 1 mark
  29. 5054/12/O/N/22 Question 27 · 1 mark
  30. 5054/12/O/N/22 Question 28 · 1 mark
  31. 5054/22/O/N/22 Question 4 parts (a) (b) (c) · 6 marks
  32. 5054/11/M/J/22 Question 24 · 1 mark
  33. 5054/11/M/J/22 Question 25 · 1 mark
  34. 5054/11/M/J/22 Question 26 · 1 mark
  35. 5054/12/M/J/22 Question 27 · 1 mark
  36. 5054/12/M/J/22 Question 28 · 1 mark
  37. 5054/12/M/J/22 Question 29 · 1 mark
  38. 5054/42/M/J/22 Question 3 parts (a) (b(ii)) (c) · 4 marks
  39. 5054/11/O/N/21 Question 25 · 1 mark
  40. 5054/11/O/N/21 Question 26 · 1 mark
  41. 5054/12/O/N/21 Question 28 · 1 mark
  42. 5054/12/O/N/21 Question 29 · 1 mark
  43. 5054/21/O/N/21 Question 8 parts (b(ii)) (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 6 marks
  44. 5054/11/M/J/21 Question 25 · 1 mark
  45. 5054/12/M/J/21 Question 28 · 1 mark
  46. 5054/12/M/J/21 Question 29 · 1 mark
  47. 5054/21/M/J/21 Question 4 part (b) · 3 marks
  48. 5054/22/M/J/21 Question 4 · 4 marks
  49. 5054/11/O/N/20 Question 30 · 1 mark
  50. 5054/11/O/N/20 Question 31 · 1 mark
  51. 5054/12/O/N/20 Question 26 · 1 mark
  52. 5054/12/O/N/20 Question 27 · 1 mark
  53. 5054/12/O/N/20 Question 28 · 1 mark
  54. 5054/41/O/N/20 Question 4 · 5 marks
  55. 5054/11/M/J/20 Question 30 · 1 mark
  56. 5054/11/M/J/20 Question 31 · 1 mark
  57. 5054/21/M/J/20 Question 9 parts (a(i)) (a(ii)) (a(iii)) (a(iv)) · 9 marks
  58. 5054/22/M/J/20 Question 10 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) · 5 marks

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