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SOUND Vocabulary
23 terms and questions about sound
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an echo? | An echo is a sound wave that has reflected of of something. |
| What is elasticity? | Elasticity is the being of bouncing off of something after a disturbance. |
| What is density? | Density is how much weight or mass there is in a peticular amount of space. |
| What is Loudness? | Loudness is the highest to lowest amount of volume. |
| What is intensity? | Intensity is energy per second in one wave. |
| What is a decibal(db)? | A decibal(db) is the measurment used compare the loudness of sounds. |
| What is pitch? | PItch is the lowest to the highest points of a sound. |
| What is an ultrasound? | An ulrtasound is a pitch higher than normal. |
| What is an infrasound? | An infrasound is a pitch lower than normal. |
| What is a Larnyx? | A Larnyx is another word for your voice box, which regulates the pitch of your voice by using vocal cords. |
| What is the Doppler Effect? | The Dopppler Effect is when the frequency of a wave changes. |
| What causes the Doppler Effect? | When the sound object/source moves, it changes the frequency. |
| What causes a sonic boom? | When a shock wave releases a huge amount of energy. |
| What is a fundemental tone? | A fundemental tone is the lowest natural frequency of an object. |
| What is an overtone? | the objects highest natural frequency |
| What are acoustics? | the study of how sounds interact with eachother and the environment |
| What is a reverberation? | when sound waves reflect back and forth off hard surfaces |
| what is an ear canal? | connects sound waves and directs them into a narrow region in the ear |
| What is an ear drum? | samll, tightly stretched, drumlike membrane |
| whta is the cochlea? | fkuid-filled cavitly shaped like a snail shell |
| what is an echolocation? | the use of reflected waves to find distances or to locate objects |
| sonar | a system that that uses reflected sound waves to to detect and locate objects underwater |
| sonogram | device uses the reflected ulktrasound waves to create a picture |
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