Sound Flashcards

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Sound needs a medium

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Put an alarm clock inside a bell jar and connect it to a vacuum pump.as the air is removed the sound becomes fainter.so sound needs a medium to travel.

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Sound

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Is a form of energy.is produced by vibrations and sound can travel through a solid a liquid and a gas.

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Speed of sound in air

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The speed of sound in air is 340m/s,light is 3x10(to the power of 8).this is why we see lightening before we hear thunder even though they happen at the same time

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Echo

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Is reflection of sound

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Ultra sound

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Sound above our level of hearing(20,000hrz)

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Ear protection

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If people are working in a job with 70db(decibel)they have to wear ear protection

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Permanent ear damage

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Sounds above 115 decibels

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Energy conversions in hearing

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The movement (kinetic) energy is converted to electrical energy and goes to the brain to be processed

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Loudness

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Of a sound is called intensity level

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Sound intensity

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Is mesic red in decibels

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A sound level meter

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Is used to measure the loudness of a sound in decibels

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