In a resonance tube (air column) experiment, a loud sound is heard when:

  1. the tuning fork stops
  2. the tube is empty
  3. a stationary wave forms in the air column (resonance)
  4. the water boils
Answer

C) a stationary wave forms in the air column (resonance)

Length matches a harmonic. SLO P-11-D-10 · Application

Physics MCQ · More Superposition, Stationary Waves and Beats MCQs · Practise