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A vibrating object transfers its energy to the air around it (i.e. the molecules and atoms of substances that make up the atmosphere). The energy is transfered as kinetic energy which causes a particle to move, thus colliding with another. Our ear "hears" the collision of air particles and relays it to our brain to be decoded as a sound.

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Are all sounds made by vibrating objects?

Yes, all sound is simply a vibration of the particles of matter. In space, where there is not continuous matter, there is no sound.


How does sound made by vibrating objects travel?

A vibrating object transfers its energy to the air around it (i.e. the molecules and atoms of substances that make up the atmosphere). The energy is transfered as kinetic energy which causes a particle to move, thus colliding with another. Our ear "hears" the collision of air particles and relays it to our brain to be decoded as a sound.


What made sound?

It was made by air vibrating called sound waves


Can sound waves travel through steel?

Yes sound waves are made from vibrating atoms or particles and so any medium which contains particles can allow a sound wave to travel through it. The only thing a sound wave cannot travel through is a vacuum.


Can a vibrating object that produces sound be a string?

True. A vibrating string can produce a sound. This is how string instruments such as a guitars and violins work. Although such strings are made of metal (like steel wire) or plastic (like nylon), the principal is the same for all of them.


How are sound waves made and what is the process behind their creation?

Sound waves are created when an object vibrates, causing the air particles around it to also vibrate. These vibrations travel through the air in a wave-like pattern, reaching our ears and allowing us to hear the sound. The process of sound wave creation involves the transfer of energy from the vibrating object to the surrounding air molecules, which then propagate the sound wave through the medium.


Are sound waves are made up of chains and vibrating chains?

Sound waves are not made up of chains and vibrating chains. They are actually longitudinal waves that travel through a medium, such as air or water, caused by the disturbance of particles in that medium. These disturbances create a pattern of compressions (high pressure) and rarefactions (low pressure) that propagate as a wave.


Are waves made by vibrating charges that can travel without a medium?

Electromagnetic waves.


What produces sounds?

Little sound waves travel toward you ear and toward your eardrum when a sound is made. Inside your ear are 3 little bones that vibrate when sound passes. Then the sound reaches the cochlea and the little hairs inside start moving. I'm quite sure that's how sound is made, give or take a few facts... Look it up on a medical website if still in doubt.


Is sound made when matter vibrates?

Ideally (as in, if things in science were perfect and all transfers of energy were completely transferable) no, sound is not necessarily made when matter vibrates. What do you mean by matter vibrating? like... atoms vibrating or chunks of ice vibrating or what?


What causes the sound made by a bell?

The sound of a bell is created when the bell is struck, causing it to vibrate. The vibrations travel through the metal, causing it to produce sound waves that we hear. The shape and material of the bell also influence the tone and pitch of the sound.


How is the sound made with a clarinet?

by the reed vibrating. The tone is controlled by how much air can get out through the finger holes.