Sound I
How sounds are made.
What is objects vibrating.
Sound waves move ___________ (towards, away from) the source of the vibrations.
What is away from.
A series of compressions and rarefactions moving through a medium once it reaches the ear.
What is sound.
Sound travels fastest through a __________(gas, liquid, solid).
What is solid.
How close the compression in a longitudinal wave is what?
Amplitude
The higher the frequency of a soundwave, the higher the _________________________.
What is pitch.
Sound is what type of wave
longitudinal
The spreading out of a compression wave.
What is rarefaction.
What is loudness?
Is the human perception of sound volume and primarily depends on sound intensity.
Sound cannot travel through _______________
space (vacuum of space)
Sound is measured in ______________.
What is decibels?
cochlea, the balance mechanism, and the vestibular and auditory nerves.
The name of the wave that contains compressions and rarefactions.
What is longitudinal.
List parts of the outer Ear
pinna, ear canal, and eardrum
Sound would travel most quickly through which object: air, wood, outer space or water.
What is wood
Animals use sound to find objects and judge distances.
What is echolocation?
When temperature increase how is the speed of sound affected.
The speed increases.
Why is hearing damage considered permanent in humans?
the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup, the oval window and the round window are located in which part of the ear?
middle ear
Sound travles slowest through what medium?
Gas