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Wave Anatomy
Sound Waves
Sounds
The Ear
100

This wave moves particles perpendicular to the direction the energy wave is traveling.

What is a Transverse Wave?

100
Sound waves are this type of mechanical wave.
What is Longitudinal?
100

This is what type of sound you will hear if the wave has a high frequency.

What is a high pitch noise?

100

This is a thin piece of skin that divides the outer ear and middle ear.

What is the ear drum?

200
This is the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
What is Wavelength
200

The states of matter that sound can travel through.

What are solids, liquids, and gases (+ plasma)?

200

This is what the volume would sound like if a sound wave had a small amplitude.

What is a quiet sound?

200

The part of the ear that traps the sound waves.

What is pinna?

300
This is what the particles are doing when a mechanical wave passes.
What is Vibrates?
300
This is what we call a sound wave that is reflected back toward us.
What is an Echo?
300

The kind of sound you hear when the wavelength is long.

What is low pitch sound?

300

Part of the ear that changes sound energy to electrical energy.

What is the cochlea?

400
These waves move particles parallel to the direction of energy.
What are Longitudinal?
400
This is something that sound waves can not travel through.
What is a vacuum?
400

This is the state of matter through which sound will move the fastest.

What is a solid?

400

This is the substance that contains infection-fighting chemicals and helps trap dirt that enters your ear.

What is earwax?

500

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?

500
This is what the area is called when the particles of a sound wave (Longitudinal) are spread out.
What is Rarefaction?
500

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?

500

This is the form of energy that the auditory nerve uses to communicate with the brain.

What is electricity?