the nature of sound
waves that carry energy through a medium without moving the particles of the medium along.
what are soundwaves?
A description of how high or low the sound seems to a person.
what is pitch?
Your ______ gathers sound waves and sends info about sound to your brain.
What is the ear?
Transfer of energy and a disturbance.
What is a wave?
has the longest wavelength.
what is a radio wave?
a disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave.
what is sound?
The ________ you hear depends on the frequency of the sound wave.
What is the pitch of a sound?
Your ________ has three main sections: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear.
What is the ear?
Compression is in this wave.
What is a longitudinal wave?
thermograms are from this wave.
what is an infrared ray?
this depends on the temperature, stiffness, and density of the medium the sound travels through.
what does the speed of sound depend on?
This is measured in hertz.
What is frequency?
A small, tightly stretched drum-like membrane.
What is the ear drum?
Water, gas, and solid are this.
What is a medium?
ROYGBIV is this wave.
what is visible light?
how much matter or mass there is in given amount of space or volume.
what is density?
This describes your awareness of a sound.
What is loudness?
It collects sound waves and directs them into a narrow region.
What is the ear canal?
________ is defined as the ability to do work.
What is energy?
radio detection and ranging are what this stands for.
what is RADAR?
at room temperature, about 20 degrees Celsius, ______ travels through air at 342m/s.
The ________ depends on the energy and intensity of the sound wave.
What is the loudness of a sound?
A liquid-filled cavity shaped like snail shell.
What is the cochlea?
rest position to crest/trough is this.
What is amplitude?
vitamin D is made for this wave.
what is ultraviolet rays?