The Behavior Of Sound Waves
Posted on January 12, 2008 - Filed Under Education | Leave a Comment
What we interpret as sound is actually a collection of systematic vibrations which travel from molecule to molecule through practically any medium. If you have ever been to an indoor rock concert, you have probably physically felt these vibrations as they traveled through the molecules in the floor and resonated from all of the surfaces in the arena. When a sound wave travels through the air and reaches your ear, the eardrum vibrates at the same resonance as the sound wave, and the resulting energy is interpreted by the brain as sound. The intensity of sound reaching your ear, the background noise in a crowded room and the vibrations you feel at a rock concert are all results of the behavior of sound waves. Let us take a look at some characteristics of sound wave behavior in order to gain a better understanding of the sounds we hear every day.
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