What is the source of all sound? What are the conditions of simple harmonic motion? What are the aspects of a wave? How are sound waves produced? What is the Doppler effect?
The source of all sound is vibrations of material in objects. Ex. – vocal chords when you talk, strings on a guitar, reed on a saxophone High pitch, high frequency, low pitch, low frequency
TThe wave is in equilibrium RRestoring force is proportional to the displacement from equilibrium EEx.- pendulum (restoring force is gravity, displacement is us) CCan’t really happen
Medium- object getting disturbed Amplitude- distance from midpoint to maximum or from midpoint to minimum Crest- maximum of a wave Trough- minimum of a wave Wavelength- distance from one crest to the next Frequency=wavelength, Pitch=amplitude
Original vibration makes something larger vibrate Sends a disturbance through the air through surrounding medium Sound moves through steel 15 times faster and water 4 times faster than in air
The change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to its source. Ex.- a car’s horn is higher in pitch when it is closer because the distance is smaller, making the frequency higher