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    SOUND

    LO: Identify and summarize the basic properties of


    SOUND
    Success Criteria
    • All – can state that sound waves can be represented by using sound waves.
    •.

    • Most – Can state the terms related to sound and describe sound

    • Some – Can draw a sound wave and describe the type of sound
    What causes sound?

    Take a tuning fork and strike


    it against a block of wood.

    What do you
    observe?
    The tuning fork vibrates
    and you hear a sound.

    Sounds are made when


    an object vibrates.

    Sound travels because the vibrating


    object makes nearby particles vibrate.

    Sound needs a medium to travel through


    – it cannot pass through a vacuum.

    Good vibrations!
    What vibrates so that each of these objects makes sound?

    drum skin

    mouth blowing lute strings


    harp strings horn
    How does sound travel through the air?

    ‘Seeing’ sound waves

    speaker oscilloscop
    If we connect an mp3 player to a speaker, we caneall
    hear the sound produced.
    If we also connect an oscilloscope to the mp3 player then
    we can ‘see’ the sound waves.
    Loudness and amplitude
    A sound can be quiet or loud.
    quiet sound loud sound

    On an oscilloscope trace, the loudness of a sound is shown


    by the height of the wave. This is called the amplitude.
    Which word should be crossed out in this sentence:

    The larger the amplitude of the wave on


    the trace, the louder/quieter the sound.

    PitchA and frequency


    sound can be high or low – this is the pitch of the sound.
    low pitch high pitch

    On an oscilloscope trace, the pitch of a sound is shown by


    how many waves there are. This is called the frequency.
    Which word should be crossed out in this sentence:

    The greater the frequency of the waves


    on the trace, the lower/higher the pitch.
    Which wave
    Which is the the
    trace represents loudest and highest?
    loudest sound?
    A B
    Sound A has the largest
    amplitude (i.e. the tallest
    waves), so it is the loudest
    of these two sounds.

    Which trace represents the sound with the highest pitch?

    A B Sound B has the greater


    number of waves across
    the oscilloscope – it has
    the highest frequency and
    so has the highest pitch.

    Amplitude and wavelength


    Describing sound waves

    Sound waves summary

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