Post-UTME Physics 2016 Objective — Question 1
Question 1 of 20 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Physics 2016 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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When a rocket at a high altitude passes overhead, only a little sound is heard from it because
- A. the rocket produces little sound at high altitudes
- B. the atmosphere absorbs most of the soundCorrect
- C. light travels faster than sound
- D. the rocket exhaust absorbs the sound
Explanation
As sound travels up through the atmosphere from a high-altitude rocket, much of its energy is absorbed/scattered by the atmosphere before reaching an observer on the ground.
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