Did you hear that SOUND?

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Did you hear that SOUND?

• Sound is a form of energy
• that travels in
• waves.

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What makes Sound?

• 1. Vibration back and forth motion
• There can not be sound if there is not any
  vibration
• Most vibrations are too fast for you to see.
• Vibrations require energysound is a form of
  energy.

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How does Sound Travel?

• 2. When something vibrates molecules in the air
  crowd together, then spread apart, causing sound
  waves to travel away from the vibrating object

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What Forms of Matter can Sound Travel Through?

• Gas sound travels easily through gases
• It travels about 1,129 feet per second through
  air. (Thats how fast it travels when you talk!)
• Liquids Sound travels through water about 4,794
  feet per second. (Think of what ripples look
  like in the water and how they spread.)
• Solids Sound travels through a solid like wood
  at a rate of 12,620 feet per second. Sound
  travels fastest through solids!
• Sound cannot travel through a vacuum (a space
  that is empty of matter).

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Sound Reflection and Absorption

• Reflected sound is called an echo.
• 1. The vibrations are reflecting back to
  you.
• Soft, air-filled objects absorb sound.
• 1. When sound is absorbed, you do not
  hear it because it is not reflected back to
  you.

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1. Sound Waves

• Sound vibrations occur in waves that go out in
  every direction like a circle.
• 1. Sound waves are created by repeated
  patterns of molecules spreading apart and
  squeezing together.

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• Sound Waves have 3 common features
• 1. They
• a. Have a set wavelength
• b. Vibrate at different speeds
• --Frequency the number of complete
  wavelengths, or times an object vibrates per
  second.
• c. Carry Energy
• --amplitude is the amount of energy a
  wave has
• --high amplitude sound is made by
  objects with great vibrating motion

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Pitch

• 1. Pitch how high or low a sound is
• The higher the pitch the more squeezed together
  the waves are
• The higher the pitch the higher the frequency
• The lower the pitch the lower the frequency

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• Making and Hearing Sounds
• 1. Hearing Sound
• a. Humans have two ears on opposite sides of
  their heads. Each ear gathers sound waves on
  each side of your body.
• b. There are two ways that humans hear sounds.
• With your ears.
• With your brain.

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How do you hear sound?
1. Sound causes your eardrum to vibrate. The
eardrum vibrates differently for each sound.

• The bones of your ear begin to vibrate,
• beginning with the hammer, moves to the anvil,
• and finally the stirrup.

• The sound energy passes to the inner ear.
• This causes the fluid in the cochlea to move.

• The nerves then carry the message to the
• brain.

5. Your brain then tells you what the sound is.