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Sound 2

The nature of sound 1 and 2

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sound A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave.
echo A reflection sound wave is called what?
interference Sound waves that meet and interact with each other.
diffraction When sound waves bend and move around corners it is doing what?
elasticity The ability of a material to bounce back.
density The amount of matter or mass in a given space.
low temperature Sound waves move slower in this temperature.
high temperature Sound waves move faster in this temperature.
loudness It discribes your perception of the energy of a sound.
intensity The amount of energy a sound wave carries per second through a unit area.
decibel A unit used to measure the loudness of different sounds.
pitch It depends on how high or low a sound seems.
ultrasound Sound waves with a frequency above the normal human range of hearing.
infrasound Sound waves with frequency below the normal range of hearing.
larynx The location of your vocal cords.
Doppler effect The frequency of a wave as its source moves in relation to an observer.
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