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The document discusses an upcoming waves quiz, including having students take out their wave notes, write their name on a half sheet of paper, and complete the 15 minute quiz. It also covers review material on compressional waves, including the parts of a compressional wave, how amplitude relates to loudness, and how frequency relates to pitch. Students are instructed to draw illustrations comparing compressional and transverse waves.

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Sound Waves Intro

The document discusses an upcoming waves quiz, including having students take out their wave notes, write their name on a half sheet of paper, and complete the 15 minute quiz. It also covers review material on compressional waves, including the parts of a compressional wave, how amplitude relates to loudness, and how frequency relates to pitch. Students are instructed to draw illustrations comparing compressional and transverse waves.

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Good afternoon!

 Take out your two sets of notes over


waves

 You have 5 minutes to look over notes

 You will need a half sheet of paper


Waves Quiz 1

 On your half sheet of paper write your


first and last name

 Title: Waves Quiz 1

 Number your paper 1-10

 You will have 15 minutes to finish


After the quiz…

 Turn in quiz at the front desk


 Make two stacks

 Work on your packet if you have not


finished it

 Due today!
Sound: Amplitude & Pitch

Essential Question:
How are sound waves affected by
changes in amplitude and pitch?
Sound Waves

 A Sound wave is a mechanical wave


because it has to travel through a
medium. (Review medium)
 A Sound wave is also a Compressional
wave because matter in the medium
moves forward and backward along the
same direction that the wave travels.
Let’s Review the Parts of a
Compressional Wave
Parts of a Compressional
Wave (Longitudinal)

The compression is the part of the


compressional wave where the particles
are crowded together.
Parts of a Compressional
Wave (Longitudinal)

The rarefaction is the part of the


compressional wave where the particles
are spread apart.
Parts of a Compressional
Wave (Longitudinal)

The wavelength is the distance from


compression to compression or rarefaction to
rarefaction in a compressional wave.
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/soundvib.html
http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/01/sound-waves.html
http://physics.tutorvista.com/waves/longitudinal-waves.html
Compare Compressional
Wave to Transverse Wave

http://www.learner.org/courses/mathilluminated/units/10/textbook/03.php
Distributed Summarizing

In the box on your Notes, draw an


illustration to show how a compressional
wave is different from a transverse wave.
Amplitude and Loudness of Sound
 Loudness is the human perception of how much
energy a sound wave carries.
 The greater the amplitude of a wave, the more
energy it carries.
 In a compressional wave, the amplitude is
greater when the particles of the medium are
squeezed closer together in each compression
and spread farther apart in each rarefaction.
(See Figure 4 on page 493 in Glencoe textbook)
 Larger amplitude = louder sound
 Smaller amplitude = softer sound
Low Amplitude because particles in compression and
rarefaction are more spread out

High Amplitude because particles in compression are more


compressed and particles in the rarefaction are more spread out
http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/~umallik/adventure/sound.htm
Pitch and Frequency of Sound
 The pitch of a sound is how high or low it
sounds.
 The frequency of a sound wave is the
number of compressions that pass by a
given point in one second.
 The higher the pitch, the higher the
frequency.
 An object that vibrates faster forms a
sound wave with a higher frequency.
More Compressions in
the same amount of
time; therefore, higher
Frequency, higher Pitch

Fewer Compressions in the


same amount of time; therefore,
lower Frequency, lower Pitch
Pitch and Frequency of Sound
 Sound waves with a higher pitch have a
shorter wavelength.

http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/~umallik/adventure/sound.htm
Amplitude and Pitch
Which of the following waves has high amplitude?
High Pitch?

1 3

2 4
Measuring Sound
 The energy
carried in a
sound wave
can be
described in
decibels (dB).

 Hearing
damage begins
at about 85dB.

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