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The eardrum, or tympanic membrane as scientist's would call it, receives sound in the form of sound pressure waves measured in pascals. It's a lot like some one beating on drums with drum sticks, hence the nick name, 'eardrums'. This is why louder sounds with more sound pressure tend to hurt your ears, like beating harder on the drums.
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Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to?
it cause it to vibrate!
What causes hurrinanes?
the plates under the earth rub together and makes the world vibrate
How does a cone vibrate?
with difficulty
Do earthquake make sounds?
Yes, they do. They make a rumbling sound as they vibrate.
How does an Aural thermometer measure temperature?
Digital ear thermometers measure the infrared radiation coming from an eardrum.
What causes the auditory ossicles to vibrate?
The sound waves, coming through the auditory canal, strike the tympanic membrane (eardrum).The eardrum vibrates because of the soundwaves.This vibration is picked up by the ossicles and transmitted through the middle ear to the oval window.Therefore it is the soundwaves causing the eardrum to vibrate that ultimately makes the ossicles vibrate.
Does sound go through your ears?
Yes, sound is recognized by the brain through your ears. When you hear a sound, it enters the ear canal to the eardrum. The eardrum causes small bones to vibrate, which causes tiny hairs to send signals to the brain.
Do otoscopes use a puff of air?
Some otoscopes can deliver a small puff of air to the eardrum to see if the eardrum will vibrate
What is wrong if the eardrum doesn't vibrate from the puff of air?
You must be stoned.
How do you the eardrum vibrate to loud sounds?
shove a d up yo a
How is the eardrum like a musical drum?
it's like a eardrum because in the middle air, these waves make the eardrum vibrate. The vibration of the eardrum move three tiny bones called the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.
When sound waves hit the eardrum it vibrates and causes three tiny bones in the middle ear to vibrate?
Stirrup & Anvil & Hammer
How do sound waves create matter?
They don't create matter and we know this by the law of conservation of mass. Sound waves exist as variations of pressure in a medium such as air. They are created by the vibration of an object, which causes the air surrounding it to vibrate. The vibrating air then causes the human eardrum to vibrate, which the brain interprets as sound.
What causes all sounds to occur?
You can hear sounds because the sund particles vibrate with air particles and eventually travel to your ear and it then vibrates your eardrum and sends messages to your brain. I a vacuum sound can't be heard because there is no air for the particles to vibrate with. xxx
Does sound travel by air vibrating?
Sound waves exist as variations of pressure in a medium such as air. They are created by the vibration of an object, which causes the air surrounding it to vibrate. The vibrating air then causes the human eardrum to vibrate, which the brain interprets as sound. Go to the link below to find out more... http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/01/sound-waves.html
6 The function of the eardrum in the middle ear is to?
The function of the eardrum in the middle ear is to vibrate sound waves into the year. It transmits sound from the environment into the ossicles found in the middle ear.
How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?
When an object vibrates, it forces the neighbouring particles of the medium to vibrate. These vibrating particles then force the particles adjacent to them to vibrate. In this way, vibrations produced by an object are transferred from one particle to another till it reaches the ear.
