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C-15
Physics
Sound
15.1 Properties of Sound
• If you could see atoms,
the difference between
__________________is
not as great.
• The image below is
exaggerated to show
effect.
The frequency of sound
• We hear __________________as
having different pitch.
• A ________________sound has a
low pitch, like the rumble of a big
truck.
• A _________________ sound has
a high pitch, like a whistle or
siren.
• In speech, women have ________
____________________ than men.
Complex sound
Common Sounds and their Loudness
Loudness
Every _______________,
means the pressure
wave is ____________
___________________.
Logarithmic
scale
Linear
scale
Decibels (dB)
Amplitude
0
1
20
10
40
100
60
1,000
80
10,000
100
100,000
120
1,000,000
Sensitivity of the ear
• How we hear the loudness of
sound is affected by the
__________ of the sound as
well as by the __________
• The human ear is _________
___________ to sounds
between 300 and 3,000 Hz.
• The ear is less sensitive to
sounds outside this range.
• Most of the ____________ that
make up _________are
between ________________Hz.
How sound is created
• The human voice is a complex
sound that starts in the _______,
a small structure at the top of
your windpipe.
• The sound that starts in the
larynx is ___________________
____________in the throat and
mouth.
• Different sounds are made by
changing both the vibrations in
the larynx and the shape of the
openings.
How sound is created
• A _____________ is a
device that is specially
designed to __________
___________________
• The working parts of a
typical speaker include
a ___________, a coil of
_______, and a
_______.
Recording sound
1. A common way to record
sound starts with a
______________.
2. The microphone transforms
a ___________________
____________with the same
pattern of oscillation.
3. In modern digital recording,
a sensitive circuit converts
________________________
values between 0 and
65,536.
Recording sound
4. ______________ correspond to the amplitude of the
signal and are _________________. ______________
__________________________ is a list of 44,100
numbers.
Recording sound
4. To play the sound back, ______________________is
read by a laser and converted into ____________
signals again by a second circuit which ________ the
process of the previous circuit.
Recording sound
6. The electrical signal is ___________ until it is powerful
enough to _________________________and reproduce
the sound.
Sound Waves
We know sound is a wave because:
1. Sound has both ___________and _________.
2. The ___________________is frequency times
wavelength.
3. Resonance happens with sound.
4. Sound can be ___________, ___________ and
____________ and also shows evidence of
____________ and ________________.
Sound Waves
A ________________ is a wave of alternating
high-pressure and low-pressure regions of
air.
Amplitude of sound
• The amplitude of a
sound wave is very
small.
• Even a loud 80 dB noise
creates a ___________
______________of only
a few millionths of an
atmosphere.
The wavelength of sound
The Doppler effect
• The ________________________________ is called the
Doppler effect.
• It occurs when _____________________________less
than the speed of sound.
The speed of sound
• The speed of sound in air
is _________________ (660
miles per hour) at one
atmosphere of pressure
and room temperature
(21°C).
• An object is ____________
when it is moving slower
than sound.
The speed of sound
• We use the term ________________to describe
motion at speeds _________than the speed of sound.
• A shock wave forms where the _________________.
• The pressure change across the shock wave is what
causes a very loud sound known as a ____________.
The speed of sound
• The speed of a
sound wave in air
_________________
_________________
_________________.
• The speed of sound
in materials is often
____________ than
in air.
Standing waves and resonance
• Spaces enclosed by boundaries can create
______________ with sound waves.
• The___________end of a pipe is a closed boundary.
• An open boundary makes ________________ in the
standing wave.
• Sounds of different frequencies are made by
_____________________________.
• A particular sound is selected by designing the
length of a vibrating system to be resonant at the
desired frequency.
Sound waves and boundaries
• Like other waves,
sound waves can be
___________________
______________as
they pass from one
material to another.
• Sound waves reflect
from ______ surfaces.
• Soft materials can
_________sound
waves.
Fourier's theorem
• Fourier’s
theorem says any
complex wave
can be made
from a _________
_______________
______________
waves.
Sound spectrum
• A complex wave is really a sum of component
frequencies.
• A frequency spectrum is a graph that shows the
amplitude of each component frequency in a complex
wave.
Sound, Perception, and Music
• A single frequency by itself does not have much
meaning.
• The meaning comes from patterns in many frequencies
together.
• A sonogram is a special
kind of graph that shows
how loud sound is at
different frequencies.
• Every person’s sonogram
is different, even when
saying the same word.
Patterns of frequency
 The brighter the sonogram, the ___________
the sound is at that ___________.
Hearing sound
• The ________ vibrates in
response to sound waves
in the _________.
• The three delicate bones
of the inner ear _________
____________ of the
eardrum to the side of the
cochlea.
• The _______ in the spiral
of the cochlea __________
_______________that
travel up the spiral.
Sound
• The nerves near the
beginning see a
relatively ________
__________ and
respond to longer
wavelength, low
frequency sound.
• The nerves at the __________________ of the
channel respond to shorter wavelength, higherfrequency sound.
Music
• The pitch of a sound is _____________________
its frequency. Though pitch and frequency
usually mean the same thing, the way we hear a
pitch can be _______________________________
____________________________
• Rhythm is a regular time pattern in a sound.
• Music is a _____________________________ that
we find pleasant.
• Most of the music you listen to is created from a
pattern of _________________________________.
Consonance, dissonance, and
beats
• __________________ is the study of how sounds work
together to create effects desired by the composer.
• When we hear more than one frequency of sound and the
combination sounds good, we call it _________________.
• When the combination ________________or unsettling, we
call it dissonance.
Consonance, dissonance, and
beats
• Consonance and dissonance are related to beats.
• When frequencies are far enough apart that there
are no beats, we get consonance.
• When frequencies are ________________, we hear
beats that are the cause of dissonance.
• Beats occur when _____________________, but
not exactly the same.
Harmonics and instruments
• The ______________sounds different when played
on different instruments because the sound from
an instrument is not a _______________________.
• The variation comes from the ________________,
_________________ of the fundamental note.