Why does the paper rider fly off when the stem of tuning fork B is touched to the box?

Open in App

Solution

When the stem of tuning fork B is touched to the box, the natural frequency of vibration of wire matches the frequency of tuning fork and resonance takes place. Due to this resonance of vibration, amplitude of vibration of wire increases and the paper rider flies off.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Stems of 2 vibrating tuning forks A and B are touched to the wooden box of a sinister.It is observed that the paper rider (a small piece of paper folded at the centre.)present on the wire flies off when the stem of vibrating tuning fork B is touched to the wooden box but the paper just vibrates when the stem of vibrating tuning fork A is touched to the wooden box.

I) Name the phenomenon when the paper rider just vibrates.

2)Name the phenomenon when the paper rider flies off.

3)Why the paper rider fly off when the stem of tuning fork B is touched to the box?

Q. When the stem of a vibrating tuning fork is pressed a sounding board, then

Q. When a tuning fork vibrates, waves produced in the stem are

Q. A light pointer fixed to one prong of a tuning fork touched a vertical plate. The fork is set vibrating and plate is allowed to fall freely.

8

complete oscillations are counted when the plate falls through

10 c m

. What is the frequency of the tuning fork?

Q. Name the phenomenon when the paper rider flies off.

Join BYJU'S Learning Program