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Chapter 12 Notes. Journal – Read/Summarize pages 390 to 391. What Factors affect the speed of Sound ? What affects how loud a sound is?. Properties of sound. Sound waves in air spread out in all directions away from the source.
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Journal – Read/Summarize pages 390 to 391 • What Factors affect the speed of Sound? • What affects how loud a sound is?
Properties of sound • Sound waves in air spread out in all directions away from the source. • Sound travels through the air at room temperature about 346 m/s (760 mi/h)
Factors that affect Speed of Sound • Temperature • Type of Medium • See chart page 391
What determines how loud or what pitch a sound wave makes? • Loudness is determined by the energy in the wave which we see in the amplitude of a wave. The higher the amplitude the more energy and the louder a sound is. • Loudness is also determined by distance. http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Physics3.html http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/soundvib.html
What determines the Pitch or tone of a sound? • Frequency Natural frequency - when an object vibrates naturally on its own.