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When you strike a bass drum with the stick, the surface of the drum vibrates. This means the surface is moving up and down at a specific frequency. The up and down motion of the surface of the drum causes the air next to the surface to vibrate. This vibrational motion moves through the air. This is a sound wave.
The Media College website listed in the links area has a picture of a sound wave moving from a speaker, through the air, and into the person's ear.
The Physics dot org link has a video that describes how a speaker produces a sound wave.
As a battery is attached to the terminals of the speaker, the electromagnet quickly pulls the speaker in one direction. When the speaker is attached to a radio, the radio is sending low voltage alternating current through the speaker wires. The alternating current causes the electromagnet to move back and forth at the same frequency as the current. This causes the face of the speaker to vibrate at the same frequency. This causes the air in front of the speaker to vibrate at the same frequency. Now a sound wave is moving through the air.
The Connections website listed below describes how humans speak.
Let me take this one step farther. When the vibrating air enters your ear, it causes your ear drum to vibrate.
The Franklin Institute website listed below describes how the vibrating air affects the human ear.
In my 1st example, the energy of the vibrating bass drum moves through the air and into your ear. In your ear, this energy causes your ear drum to vibrate. The energy just keeps moving until it reaches your brain. Sound waves are a means of transporting oscillating energy from one place to another.
Now you know how vibration and sound are related.
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How does a gong produce sound?
When you strike a gong, it makes a vibration. Sound = vibration.
What is the reflection of sound waves?
The reflection is vibration because sound is equal to vibration
Why do smaller objects make higher sounds?
Sound is created by the vibration of air. The faster the vibration, the higher the sound. Smaller objects can vibrate faster than larger objects (of the same kind) and therefore have a higher pitched sound.
How does vibration cause sound wave?
Vibrations alter the density of the air (or other medium) around them. They do this as a wave. When the wave reaches a person's eardrum it makes it vibrate to the rhythm of the vibration. This is conducted to the brain via an electrical impulse and we hear it as sound.
Does sound vibrate?
Yes, sound is a vibration
How is vibration important to sound?
Think of it as a rubber band. No vibration, no sound. it's the same with a rubber band!
Where do sounds come from?
it depends on how big or small the vibration is to determine the sound. The bigger the vibration, the lower the sound is. the smaller the vibration, the higher the sound.
How does a gong produce sound?
When you strike a gong, it makes a vibration. Sound = vibration.
What is the reflection of sound waves?
The reflection is vibration because sound is equal to vibration
Why do smaller objects make higher sounds?
Sound is created by the vibration of air. The faster the vibration, the higher the sound. Smaller objects can vibrate faster than larger objects (of the same kind) and therefore have a higher pitched sound.
WHAT IS THE Relationship between vibration and sound signals in telephone system?
sound is made from vibration
Does sound make vibration or does vibration make sound?
Vibrations cause sounds. A sound wave is the vibration of the air around whatever is "causing" the sound (aka, whatever is causing the vibration--a guitar string, vocal cords, the mechanics of a stereo, etc).
How can you feel sound?
Sound is created by vibration
Does sound vibrate?
Yes, sound is a vibration
What is a form of sound?
Sound is a form of vibration.
How does vibration cause sound wave?
Vibrations alter the density of the air (or other medium) around them. They do this as a wave. When the wave reaches a person's eardrum it makes it vibrate to the rhythm of the vibration. This is conducted to the brain via an electrical impulse and we hear it as sound.
What characteristic of sound is determined by frequency?
Vibration and rate of vibration.
