- Sound is a Wave Pages 37-43 (section C)
- Sound is a Type of Mechanical Wave
- Sound - a wave that is produced by a vibrating object and
travels through matter
- Vibration - a rapid, back and forth motion
- How Sound Waves are Produced in the Human Body
- Your muscles push air up from you lungs and through the narrow
opening between the vocal cords.
- The force of the air causes the vocal cords to vibrate.
- The vibrating vocal cords produce sound waves
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- How Sound Waves are Detected by the Human Body
- Outer ear collects sound waves and reflects them into the ear
canal.
- The ear drum ( at the end of the ear canal) vibrates
- The middle ear contains 3 tiny, connected bones (hammer, anvil
stirrup) The bones carry vibrations to the inner ear.
- The cochlea sends the vibrations to the brain
- Cochlea
- The cochlea has about 30,000 hair cells.
- These hairs can be easily damaged, causing hearing loss.
- Sound Waves Vibrate Particles
- Sound waves travel by compression.
- The particles in the medium (usually the air) are compressed
and transfer the energy as sound.
- Sound Waves are Mechanical Waves
- Since sound waves are mechanical waves they require a medium to
travel through.
- A vacuum is empty space. Sound can not travel in a vacuum.
- Speed of Sound
- Sound travels more slowly than light.
- Sound does not always travel at the same speed.
- Sound travels faster in liquids than in gases.
- Sound travels faster in higher temperatures than lower
temperatures.
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