Sound Flashcards

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1
Q

What materials does sound travel through better?

A

Solids and liquids

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2
Q

What vibrates in a speaker?

A

The paper cone.

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3
Q

What happens when you band a tuning fork and then do it on a table?

A

It gets louder because the sound is vibrating thought the table as well.

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4
Q

What does sound travel in

A

Waves

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5
Q

In the slinky experiment how do we know which is compression and which is refraction?

A

The closer the coils are is compression the further is refraction.

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6
Q

What happens when the sound reaches you?

A

They vibrate through your eardrums exactly how they did in the speaker.

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7
Q

What measurement do we measure sound in?

A

Decibel (db)

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8
Q

How much is a increase of ten decibels.

A

Twice as much

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9
Q

What is frequency?

A

How high or low a sound is.

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10
Q

What is frequency measured in?

A

Hertz (Hz)

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11
Q

What happens as you get older?

A

You can’t hear higher frequency’s

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12
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What happens when sound hits a surface?

A

It reflects.

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13
Q

How do echoes happen?

A

The sound Is being reflected back and forth.

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14
Q

What is ultra sound?

A

A sound which is above 22 000 Hz

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15
Q

How is ultra sound used in baby scans?

A

The sound reflects off the tissue of the baby and gives us a picture of what it looks like.

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16
Q

How fast does sound travel?

A

300 m/s in air

17
Q

How can you measure the depth of water using sound?

A

You measure how long the sound takes to reach the bottom which is time divided by speed.

18
Q

What does there need to be for sound to be there?

A

A material for the sound to vibrate through, that’s why in space you can’t hear anything

19
Q

What type of waves are sound waves?

A

Longitudinal

20
Q

What part of the ear collects the sound?

A

The pinna

21
Q

What is the amplitude of the sound?

A

The maximum height of the wave, how loud or quiet it is.