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Actually, the answer is that there are two types of sounds in English- ones where you use your voice, like b, d, g, f and z, and ones where you don't like p, t, k, v, and s. The ones that you use your voice for are called voiced and the others are called voiceless. s and z are made the same way. The difference is whether or not you use your voice when you say them. When a voiced sound comes before an s in English, it makes it sound like a z. For instance,
backs and bags
The s sounds like an s in backs because there is a k in front of it, which is voiceless.
In bags, it sound slike a z because there is a g in front of it, which is voiced.
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