This document discusses key properties of sound including: 1) Sound is a type of energy that moves through matter as vibrations called sound waves. Sound waves can be longitudinal or transverse. 2) Sound travels through solids, liquids, and gases at different speeds depending on how closely packed the particles are. It travels fastest through solids and slowest through gases. 3) Absorption occurs when sound waves hit a material and their energy is transferred to thermal energy, helping to cover rooms with absorbing materials.

1. Whatarethe
propertiesof
sound?
Chapter 12: Lesson 2:

2. Play a guitar.
What do you hear?

3. Is a type of energy we
hear.
Sound

4. Moves quickly back and
forth.
Vibrates

5. Compression
Rarefaction

7. Outer ear
Middle ear
Inner ear
Ear drum

8. Sound Waves
Vibrations that move
through matter

9. Direction of sound
Direction of energy

10. Sound waves moves in the
same direction the energy is
moving in.
Longitudinal
Waves

11. Waves that move in a different
direction.
Transverse
Waves

12. Sounds travel through 3 media.
- Sound travels through the solid the fastest
(energy passed through closely packed particles)
- Sound travels through the gases the
slowest.

13. How does covering rooms with the above
materials help?
When a sound wave hits the material the
sound is absorbed (changes to thermal energy).
Absorption:
Transfer of energy when
a wave disappears into a
surface.

14. Frequency
The number of times an object vibrates per
second.
Unit:
Hertz (Hz).

15. Musical notes can be:
High notes Low notes
How high or low sound is.
Pitch

16. Low pitch
sounds has
lower
frequency.
High pitch
sounds has
higher
frequency.

17. Is there a difference between pitch and frequency?
YES!!!
Pitch is the way our ears hear sound.
(The way we hear sound is related to the
number of peaks BUT, they are not the
same thing)

18. How to change pitch?
High pitch
Short guitar string
Vibrates fast
causing high pitch

19. Low pitch
Long guitar string
Vibrates slowly
causing low pitch

20. When you are TALKING the sound waves
will look like this
When you are SCREAMING the sound waves
will look like this
When you are WHISPERING the sound
waves will look like this

21. Amplitude
How dense is the air during compressions
and rarefactions.
Units:
Decibels (dB)

22. Humans hearing range.