Wave Anatomy
This wave moves particles perpendicular to the direction the energy wave is traveling.
What is a Transverse Wave?
This is what type of sound you will hear if the wave has a high frequency.
What is a high pitch noise?
This is a thin piece of skin that divides the outer ear and middle ear.
What is the ear drum?
The states of matter that sound can travel through.
What are solids, liquids, and gases (+ plasma)?
This is what the volume would sound like if a sound wave had a small amplitude.
What is a quiet sound?
These are the 3 tiny bones in the middle ear, known as the ossicles.
What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
This is the name of why a siren sounds like it is getting higher in pitch as it moves toward you.
What is the Doppler Effect?
This is the structure that the stirrup pushes into.
What is the cochlea?
This is the state of matter through which sound will move the fastest.
What is a solid?
This is the substance that contains infection-fighting chemicals and helps trap dirt that enters your ear.
What is earwax?
This is the distance from the resting position to a crest OR trough, in other words this is the height of the wave..
What are amplitude?
This is the type of matter that will absorb sound waves and makes a good insulator for noise canceling headphones.
What is a soft solid?
This is the form of energy that the auditory nerve uses to communicate with the brain.
What is electricity?