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This is a great question! Sound travels through the air as a wave. A wave is something that causes a back and forth motion. Sounds makes the molecules in the air change direction rapidly, back and forth, and makes the local pressure increase and decrease just as rapidly. When the molecules in a small "packet" or volume of air are being pushed together the pressure increases; when the molecules in that packet are being pulled in different directions the pressure decreases.
If the sound wave gets to your ear, it causes the molecules in the air in your ear canal to move back and forth. The makes your eardrum move. Your eardrum is connected to some small bones that push and pull on a fluid filled container in your ear called the cochlea. The pressure changes in the cochlea create electrical signals that get sent along nerves to your brain. Your brain interprets these nerve impulses as "sound."
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How does the physics of a speaker enable it to produce sound waves?
A speaker produces sound waves through the physics of electromagnetism. When an electrical signal is sent to the speaker, it creates a magnetic field that interacts with a diaphragm or cone, causing it to vibrate and push air molecules, creating sound waves that we hear.
How does movement cause sound?
Sound is waves in the air that vibrate the ear drum in your ears allowing you to hear. When movement is made these waves are sent through the air and are perceived as sound if they are with audible range. So technically when you fart there is waves gong through the air that can be detected by your ears!!!
Through which medium sound travells the most and why?
if by "most" you mean the fastest...the more dense the material the faster sound can propagate. The closer molecules are together the faster the "message" can be sent down the line. Although sound travels very fast in air, gases are not dense at all. Sound would travel faster in water than air, and faster in glass than water. I am unsure what the fastest material would be, perhaps a metal that is very dense.
Where is the last place in hearing that pressure or sound pass through?
The last place in the ear where pressure or sound waves pass through is the cochlea, located in the inner ear. The cochlea is responsible for converting these sound vibrations into electrical signals that are sent to the brain for interpretation.
How does the sound wave reach bryony from the stereo system?
The sound wave is generated by the stereo system's speakers, which convert electrical signals into mechanical vibrations that create sound waves in the air. These sound waves travel through the air as longitudinal waves, which cause particles in the air to vibrate back and forth. When the sound waves reach Bryony, they enter her ear canal and cause her eardrum to vibrate, which is then transmitted through the middle ear to the cochlea where it is converted into electrical signals that are sent to the brain for interpretation.
What happens to molecules when a sound is sent through them?
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What happens to air molecules when a sound is sent through them?
it energizez
When a 440 Hz sound is sent through steel a wWhat is the speed of a sound wave that has a wavelength of 1.2 meters and a frequency of 250 Hz?
When a 440 Hz sound is sent through steel, a wavelength of 11.6 meters is measured. What is the velocity of the sound through steel
Are tv sound and picture sent through FM waves?
Picture is AM, sound is AM or FM
What types of waves carry sound?
sound sent through liquids or gases is called compression waves sound sent through solids is called longitudinal and transverse waves
How does the physics of a speaker enable it to produce sound waves?
A speaker produces sound waves through the physics of electromagnetism. When an electrical signal is sent to the speaker, it creates a magnetic field that interacts with a diaphragm or cone, causing it to vibrate and push air molecules, creating sound waves that we hear.
How does an iPod produce sound?
Via electrical pulses sent through the earphone plugs. The pulses are then converted into sound by the headphones.
How does movement cause sound?
Sound is waves in the air that vibrate the ear drum in your ears allowing you to hear. When movement is made these waves are sent through the air and are perceived as sound if they are with audible range. So technically when you fart there is waves gong through the air that can be detected by your ears!!!
Pass through the cochlea and are transformed into nerve impulses and sent to the brain?
Sound waves pass through the cochlea and cause tiny hair cells to bend, which generates electrical signals. These signals are then sent to the brain via the auditory nerve, where they are interpreted as sounds.
Through which medium sound travells the most and why?
if by "most" you mean the fastest...the more dense the material the faster sound can propagate. The closer molecules are together the faster the "message" can be sent down the line. Although sound travels very fast in air, gases are not dense at all. Sound would travel faster in water than air, and faster in glass than water. I am unsure what the fastest material would be, perhaps a metal that is very dense.
How does music from your iPod reaches to your ear?
The sound that comes from headphones are electronic pulses sent through the wire and reach your ear drum, which is vibrated and transformed into the sound that you hear.
Where is the last place in hearing that pressure or sound pass through?
The last place in the ear where pressure or sound waves pass through is the cochlea, located in the inner ear. The cochlea is responsible for converting these sound vibrations into electrical signals that are sent to the brain for interpretation.
