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How are sound waves are affected by their frequency and the medium through which the sound wave passes?
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The wavelength is equal to the local velocity of sound divided by the frequency, As with light, there can be refraction when sound passes from one medium to another with a different sound velocity.
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A wave travels through a medium because?
the waves energy passes from particle to particle
Does a low pitch sound have a low frequency?
A sound wave, like any other wave, is introduced into a medium by a vibrating object. The vibrating object is the source of the disturbance that moves through the medium. The vibrating object that creates the disturbance could be the vocal cords of a person, the vibrating string and sound board of a guitar or violin, the vibrating tines of a tuning fork, or the vibrating diaphragm of a radio speaker. Regardless of what vibrating object is creating the sound wave, the particles of the medium through which the sound moves is vibrating in a back and forth motion at a given frequency. The frequency of a wave refers to how often the particles of the medium vibrate when a wave passes through the medium. The frequency of a wave is measured as the number of complete back-and-forth vibrations of a particle of the medium per unit of time. If a particle of air undergoes 1000 longitudinal vibrations in 2 seconds, then the frequency of the wave would be 500 vibrations per second. A commonly used unit for frequency is the Hertz (abbreviated Hz), where 1 Hertz = 1 vibration/second As a sound wave moves through a medium, each particle of the medium vibrates at the same frequency. This is sensible since each particle vibrates due to the motion of its nearest neighbor. The first particle of the medium begins vibrating, at say 500 Hz, and begins to set the second particle into vibrational motion at the same frequency of 500 Hz. The second particle begins vibrating at 500 Hz and thus sets the third particle of the medium into vibrational motion at 500 Hz. The process continues throughout the medium; each particle vibrates at the same frequency. And of course the frequency at which each particle vibrates is the same as the frequency of the original source of the sound wave. Subsequently, a guitar string vibrating at 500 Hz will set the air particles in the room vibrating at the same frequency of 500 Hz, which carries a sound signal to the ear of a listener, which is detected as a 500 Hz sound wave.
What happens to particles in a medium when sound energy travels through it?
slows down in denser mediums & speeds up in less dense ones this explains why ur voice is so high pitched when u inhale a less dense gas like helium & why sound is deep & distorted underwater.
When a shipping lane passes from one large body of water to another it often passes through a .?
bay
When light passes into more dense material it bends away from the normal?
When traveling through a dense material, light doesn't necessarily bend at all.The bend occurs at the boundary between two different materials, and whetherit bends away from the normal or toward it depends on both of their densities.
Which part of a wave is affected by the temperature of the medium it passes through?
The speed is, and, as a direct consequence, the wavelength.
What passes through a medium?
energy is independent of medium it passes through?
Is the speed of sound waves affected by the volume or pitch?
Volume (loudness), pitch and timbre are approximately the correlates of signal amplitude, frequency and frequency spectrum, respectively. The speed of sound is not affected. Speed of sound is only affected by the temperature and not the air pressure.
How is the frequency of light affected when going between different media?
Once the light leaves the source, its frequency doesn't change, no matter what ittravels through or what kind of exciting adventure it encounters.But if it passes from one medium to another one with a different index ofrefraction, then the speed and wavelength change, and the direction of aray of light may change.
When a wave passes from a less dense medium to a more dense medium what might change?
Velocity (speed and direction) Wavelength (frequency)
What will scatter the color of light?
The medium through which it passes
What is the maximum distance the particles of the medium move away from the rest positions as a wave passes through the medium?
The maximum distance the particles move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through a medium is the amplitude of the wave.
When light passes through a denser medium what happens to the light?
a denser medium hav more no.of particles also > the no.of particles > the opposition provided for..... therefore both wavelength and speed of light changes but frequency remains the same.
What happens when light scatters?
It is redirected as it passes through a medium.
What happens to light when it scatters?
It is redirected as it passes through a medium
What happen when light is scattered?
It is redirected as it passes through a medium.
Does sound change mediums once it passes through medium?
Yes, sound can change its medium.
