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Sound Waves

Sound waves are a mechanical oscillation of pressure. It is a series of vibrations that can be heard.

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How are sound waves transferred through the air?

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your mum carries them under her chins and deposits them next to your ear while she has a cheeky lick at the same time.

What statement correctly identifies a sound wave?

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A beam of sunlight falling on a prism refracts and forms seven color bands. This illustrates that

A)

white light is the absence of color.

B)

white light is made up of seven different colors.

C)

only a prism can split sunlight into seven colors.

D)

the light coming out of the prism is not sunlight.

Why does cupping your hand around your ear make a sound louder?

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catches more sound. your ears are already on an angle, so cupping your hand enhances that angles/amount of sound captured

Sound energy cannot pass through empty space true or false?

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True, sound waves can travel in all three mediums , solids liquids and gases

  1. We hear sounds in gas medium.

  2. Sonar is an application for sound in liquid.

  3. Sound can make solids vibrate upon moving.

A high frequency sound will be heard as?

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If the high frequency sound is within hearing range, you can hear it as a high-pitched sound. If it's out of the hearing range you can't hear it, of course.

What converts waves into sound?

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Sound itself is a wave. Your brain is able to process this wave as sound as it vibrates across your eardrum. The frequency and amplitude of this wave determines how you hear it (what it sounds like), or whether or not you even hear it at all.

How do geologist use sound waves to find oil in the ground?

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they dig a long hole in the ground and find it

What is the Microwave disadvantages?

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In terms of microwaves themselves, the dangers are largely limited to the effects of the heat generated when the microwaves interact with human tissue. The greatest risk of high power microwaves is to the eyes, where the heat cannot be quickly removed by the cooling effect of the blood supply. Hence, corneas are particularly vunerable to micriwave heating. The testes in males are also vulnerable, although it is generally less likely that they will be exposed to microwaves.

In terms of microwave oven use, there are two principle dangers - The first is superheated liquids (liquids above their normal boiling point), which can flash-boil when, for example, instant coffee, sugar, or any other power is added. The second (and at one time the cause of most microwave oven accidents) comes from exploding unbroken eggs, as the yolk heats so efficiently that, even if the egg doesn't explode in the microwave, it can explode in the user's face when it is removed from the microwave oven.

There are no reliable reports of adverse health effects from low-level microwaves from such things as mobile phones or telecom masts.

What is a persons perception of the energy of a sound?

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By shock waves synapsing through ears and turtles in an ocean communicating through the balls of your body

How is animals able to communicate threw sound waves?

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We communicate using sound waves by talking and listening to one another!

What is the area of compression and rarefaction?

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Compression is a Pushing Force whereas Rarefaction is a Pulling Force[Compression is the point when the most force is being applied to a molecule&Rarefaction is the point when the least force is applied].

Compression happens when particles are forced/pressed together.Rarefaction is just the opposite,it occurs when particles are given extra space&allowed to expand.

Compression&Rarefaction are Effects the wave causes.

If you look at any normal visual representation of a Sound Wave,the humps above the middle line are called Compressions,the humps below are called Rarefactions.

What happens when two sound waves collide?

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Ummmmm, NO.

Ignore that.

This describes an Echo.

Assuming a perfectly smooth surface, the reflected wave travels away from the reflector in accordance with the usual angle of incidence = angle of reflection, diminishing with the square of the distance.

Not all the energy is reflected fully. Some is scattered or absorbed by the reflecting surface.

If the sound is reflected back and forth in a chaotic overlap the result is reverberation, as in a cathedral or in the ocean.

In the sea reverberation gives whale calls that plangent "singing" quality, from what are really only squawks and grunts.

What is the result of a reflected sound wave?

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The result of a reflected sound wave is obviously an echo.

How can you prevent echoes in auditoriums?

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Reverberation can be reduced by varios methods:

1:Hang up heavy drapes from the ceiling to the floor.

2:Coverhard floors with thick carpet.

3:Install acoustical ceiling tiles in the room.

4:Increase the insulation above the ceiling of the room and between the walls.

How are you able to hear the sound of an ambulance on the other side of a building?

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The sounds reflect off of other surfaces. Usually the reflective sounds will create an illusion that they are coming from every direction. That's why city ambulances running lights/sirens often get in accidents, is drivers don't know where they are coming from and don't yield. Sirens are really loud...

How could soundwaves be focused by using reflection?

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Not all sound that hits matter is absorbed. Some of it is reflected. That means sound bounces off the solid matter the way a tennis ball bounces off a wall. Sound reflected back to its source is an echo.

What is a sound wave that reflects off a hard surface?

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An Echo-echo-echo-echo! The answer is Echo

How vibrations produced in your ear by a sound wave enable you to hear the sound?

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The idea is that our ears have organs which are specifically designed to detect those vibrations. Note that only vibrations between about 20 and 20,000 hertz (i.e., cycles per second) can be detected by human ears.