Chapter 7

SOUND
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What is “sound”?
 What is sound?

Sound is a wave or vibration that travels

through solid, liquid, and gas.
It is something that can be heard.
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Sounds are made when air or objects vibrate.

Sound is
Vibrations can be felt and some vibrations
can even be seen.
Some vibrations can't be seen clearly, but we
can observe what the vibrations can do produced
by
vibrations

The man can feel vibrations you can see an elastic band
when he drills the wall vibrating when you pull and let
go
 "sound is vibrations"

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sound can
The volume or loudness of sound is
be measured in the unit decibels (db). The
volume if sound can be measured using
measured a sound level meter.
Total silence is 0 dB, a whisper is 15 dB,
while normal street noise is 70 dB.
Exposure to sounds above 85 dB for long
time can cause hearing loss.
 How do We Hear?

Soud travels through materials.

We can hear sounds when the vibrations they
make travel to our ears.
Most of the sounds we hear around us reach our
ears because these vibrations travel through air.
Besides through gases, sound can also travel
through liquids and solids.
How sound
travels

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 Activity • Sound is produced by . . . .
• Vibrations travels to our . . . .
please write this down on your
notebook

3. . . . . is a wave or vibrations that 5. Sounds travels

we can hear through . . . ., . . . ., and . . . .
4. Sounds are made when air or 6. The volume of sound is measured
objects . . . . in the unit . . . .