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Ch 16 Sound Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Echo | a reflected sound wave |
| Elasticity | the ability of a material to bounce back after being distturbed |
| Density | the ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume |
| Loudness | perception of the energy of a sound |
| Intensity | the amount of energy per second carried through a unit area by a wave |
| Decible | a unit use to compare the loudness of a different sounds |
| Pitch | perception of frequency of a sound |
| Ultrasound | sound waves whit frequencies above |
| Infrasound | sound waves whit frequencies below 20 HZ |
| Larnyx | two folds of tissue that makes up the human voice box |
| Doppler Effect | the changes in frequency when atoms share to pairs of electron |