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terms and definition

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echo   when a sound wave is reflected  
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Elasticity   material that can be bounce back after being disturbed  
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Density   how much matter or mass an object has  
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Loudness   the perception energy of a sound  
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Intensity   the amount of energy a sound wave has or carries per second through a unit area  
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Decibel (db)   comparing the loudness of different sound in units  
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Pitch   description on how high or how low a note is  
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ultrasound   sound waves that humans cant hear with the human range  
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infrasound   sound that have frequencies below the human range of hearing  
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Larnyx   is were your vocal cords are located  
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Doppler Effect   change in frequency of a wave as the source moves in relation to an observer  
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What causes the doppler effect   it is cause when a high pitch sound is heard from two places  
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What causes a sonic boom   when a shock wave releases a huge amount of energy. people nearby hear a loud noise that is a sonic boom and that is how a sonic boom is caused  
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Fundamental Tone   lowest natural frequency of an object.  
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overtone   objects higher natural frequency  
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Acoustics   study of how sound interacts with each other and its environment  
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Reverberation   when sound reflects back and forth off a hard surfaces  
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Ear Canal   narrow region  
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Ear Drum   small tightly stretched drum like membrane  
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Cochlea   fluid filled cavity that has the shape of a snail shell  
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Echolocation   use of reflected sound wave that determine distance to locate objects  
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Sonar   system that uses reflected sound waves to dectect objects under water  
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Sonogram   uses ultra sound waves to creat an image  
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