1. SOUND

2. Sound Quick Quiz What is sound?
What is pitch? How do the parts of a wave relate to pitch?
How do the parts of a wave relate to the volume of a sound?
Through what medium will sound travel the fastest (solid, liquid or gas)?

3. Reflection and sound
Echolocation
Sonar
Ultrasonography

5. Some Examples… Constructive Interference Destructive Interference
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Destructive Interference
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6. Resonance
Standing waves – those that appear to be still; actually a wave and its reflection experiencing interference as they travel; this occurs a medium’s “resonant frequency.”
Resonance occurs when an object that is vibrating at or near another objects natural (resonant) frequency causes that other object/medium to vibrate

7. SOUND Sound travels as a longitudinal wave
Energy from a vibration is carried through the medium as the molecules of the medium move back and forth as the disturbance goes by
You hear the sound when (and if) the disturbance reaches the medium near your ear

8. What determines the sound you hear?
Properties of sound include what you hear and how high or low it sounds.
Each of these is dependent upon the properties of the wave producing the sound

9. Frequency
Frequency refers to the number of waves that pass a point in a second;
The frequency of sound waves indicates the pitch (how high or low) the sound has.

10. Frequency The lower the frequency, the lower the pitch 700 Hz sound
The higher the frequency, the higher the pitch
1400 Hz sound
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11. Amplitude
The amplitude of a sound wave indicates the energy carried by the wave
The higher the amplitude, the more intense the sound, or the more loud the sound seems
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12. The amplitude of sound, or its loudness, is measured in DECIBELs.
Weakest sound heard
0dB
Whisper Quiet Library
30dB
Normal conversation (3-5')
60-70dB
Telephone dial tone
80dB
City Traffic (inside car)
85dB
Train whistle at 500', Truck Traffic
90dB
Subway train at 200'
95dB
Level at which sustained exposure may result in hearing loss dB
Power mower at 3'
107dB
Snowmobile, Motorcycle
100dB
Power saw at 3'
110dB
Sandblasting, Loud Rock Concert
115dB
Pain begins
125dB
Pneumatic riveter at 4'
Even short term exposure can cause permanent damage - Loudest recommended exposure WITH hearing protection
140dB
Jet engine at 100', Gun Blast
Death of hearing tissue
180dB
Loudest sound possible
194dB

13. Speed of sound Temperature Elasticity Density
The speed of sound is dependent upon the properties of the medium through which it travels; those properties include
Temperature
Elasticity
Density
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14. Sound travels faster in a more elastic medium;
Elasticity- this tells us how FAST particles move back to their original (rest) position after a disturbance passes through.
Sound travels faster in a more elastic medium;
Fastest in solids, slowest in gases
Speed of sound in the ground is four times faster than in air!

15. Temperature Sound travels slower at lower temperatures
Sound travels faster at higher temperatures

16. Density
Density affects the speed of sound when considering mediums that are the same state or phase of matter
The less dense the medium, the faster the sound;
The more dense the medium, the slower the sound

17. The Doppler Effect
The apparent change in frequency as the wave source moves in relation to the listener
This is heard as a change in pitch

19. Sound Wave Interactions
Constructive Wave Interference will amplify a sound or make it louder.
Destructive Wave Interference will make the volume of a sound softer.

20. Draw a sound wave with a high pitch and low volume.

21. Draw a sound wave with a loud volume and a high pitch

22. Draw a sound wave with a low pitch and high volume.

23. TOTD: Draw a sound wave with a high pitch and high volume.

24. Chuck Yeager
On October 14, 1947, Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly a plane faster than the speed of sound.
How did Chuck Yeager “cheat” to break the sound barrier?

25. Speed of sound and the sonic boom
"At sea level a plane must exceed 741 mph to break the sound barrier, or the speed at which sound travels. The change in pressure as the plane outruns all the pressure and sound waves in front of it is heard on the ground as an explosion or sonic boom. The pressure change condenses the water in the air as the jet passes these waves. Altitude, wind speed, humidity, the shape and trajectory of the plane - all of these affect the breaking of this barrier. The slightest drag or atmospheric pull on the plane shatters the vapor oval like fireworks as the plane passes through," he said. "You see this vapor flicker around the plane that gets bigger and bigger. You get this loud boom, and it's instantaneous. The vapor cloud is there, and then it's not there.”