Mediums
Through which medium do Sound waves travel the slowest?
Gas
Pitch
What determines the volume or loudness of a sound wave?
What is amplitude?
What must a sound wave have to be heard?
A Medium
Part of a sound wave where the particles of the medium are squeezed together.
Compression
If a wave has a high frequency, what else does it have?
a high pitch
What is the definition of amplitude?
The height of the wave
Hearing Loss may happen if this is damaged
The ear drum
Why isn't there any sound in vaccum/space?
There is no form of matter in space
If a wave has a low frequency, what else does it have?
a low pitch
If a sound wave has short waves, what can we assume about the wave?
It is a quiet sound
Where are the 3 smallest bones in our body located? What are the names?
The middle ear
Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup
The medium through which sound travels the fastest and why.
Solids because their particles are close together
The amount of times a wave is created in a given amount of time
A unit used to measure how loud a sound is.
What is a decibel?
What part of our ear detects vibrations and the pitch of sound waves?
The Cochlea
Give a real-life example of sound going through each medium. (you should have 3 examples on your board)
Gas: Alarms, Horns, or Bells
Liquid: Sonar
Solids: ear to a table/voice through a wall
What is the definition of "Sound"?
Energy created from the vibration of an object.
Looking at 2 waves, how would you compare frequencies?
Looking at 2 waves, how would you compare the amplitudes?
By looking to see if the wave is short or tall
What happens once the sound waves go through the ear canal and enter the middle ear?
the eardrum begins to vibrate