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What are the five properties used to explain the behavior of sound waves?
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Speed
Intensity
Loudness
Frequency
Pitch
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Light and sound waves have many similar properties however light waves are what while sound waves are what?
Light waves are eletromagnetic waves and sound waves are mechanical waves. Additionally, a light wave is a transverse wave that does not require a medium through which to travel. Sound waves, on the other hand, are longitudinal waves where the source transfers the mechanical energy of the sound wave into the medium so it can travel.
Explain how sound waves stimulate the hair cells of the spiral organ of corti to cause hearing?
When the sound waves stimulate the hair cells of the spiral organ of corti to cause hearing, the impulses are usually sent to the brain.
What stops sound waves from traveling?
Sound waves exhibit the same properties as most other waves, e.g. light or water. Sound waves stop forward motion when they are experience either total reflection or total absorption. A dramatic change in the density of material will cause significant reflection of sound and, in principle, you can make a surface reflect sound in the way a mirror reflects light. It is not 100% perfect, but an echo is an example of reflected sound. A perfectly absorbing material is another example that stops sound from propagating. Usually this is accomplished by selecting a material that absorbs the energy in sound. There is a third option that disperses waves without destroying them and that is a highly scattering medium. For instance, light does not pass through milk because the light waves are scattered. Sound waves would be strongly scattered in passing through a heterogeneous compound made with materials of dramatically different acoustical properties on a length scale close to the wavelength of the sound.
Is collecting sound the same as captureing sound waves?
Sound waves are what make up sound (sound waves=sound) so I would suppose so.
What electromagnetic waves have a wavelength shorter that a single water molecule?
Your comparison attempt is confusing. Water molecules don't have 'waves' by themselves. The ocean has waves, H2O does not. We use the behavior of ocean and sound waves to determine the behavior and makeup of light waves. Humans can only see a portion of the existing electromagnetic spectrum. X-rays and Gamma rays have the shortest wavelengths. Radio waves have the longest.
What models explain the behavior of electromagnetic waves?
Many properties of electronmagnetic waves can be explained by a wave model. However, some properties can be explained by a particle model.
What is the properties and behavior of sound waves in the air?
Sound waves are condensations and expansions of the material the sound wave in traveling in which can be gas (including air), liquid, or solid. For this reason you cannot have sound waves in a vacuum including space. Sound waves eminate concentrically from the source of the sound. amplitude, wavelength, frequency, speed
Light and sound waves have many similar properties however light waves are while sound waves are?
transverse; longitudinal.
How do sounds travel explain?
in waves, thus sound waves :)
Areall sound waves reflected explain?
When the sound waves are reflected, the result in the producing of an echo.
What do sound waves have that other waves don't?
They have the ability to trigger vibrations in our auditory organs. Other properties of sound waves are shared with mechanical waves.
What does contrast electromagnetic waves with water and sound waves mean?
It means explain how electromagnetic waves are different than water and sound waves.
Echoes demonstrate which behavior of sound waves?
Reflection.
Can sound waves be reflected explain why they can or cant?
9000
Explain how sound travels?
Sound travels in waves called sound waves and they look like this )))))))))))))))))))))) except they are invisible
What are the properties and behavior of sound waves in a vacuum?
Sound cannot exist in a vacuum, as sound is the vibration though a substance, known as the medium. If no medium is present, no sound is transmitted. In a vacuum, there are no or too few air molecules, that means there is no medium for the sound to exist in, thus there is no sound. It is also why you cannot hear much in space, as the molecules or individual atoms in space are so far apart.
What are the two properties of sound waves that you use to classify different sounds?
The two properties are :- Pitch & Amplitude
