Interesting facts about sound:
facts about sound
- Sounds come from vibrations these vibrations create sound waves which move through mediums such as air and water before reaching our ears.
- Dogs can hear sound at a higher frequency rate than human allowing them to hear noises that we can't.
- Our ear vibrates in a similar way to the original source of the vibration allowing us to hear many different sounds.
- Sound can not travel through an empty medium( an area empty of matter.
- The speed of sound is around 1230 km per hour or 767 miles an hour.
- The scientific study of sound waves is known as acoustics.
- Although music can be hard to define, it is often described as a pleasing or meaningful arrangement of sounds.
- When traveling through water sound moves around four times faster than when it travels through the air.
- The loud sound you create by cracking a whip occurs because the tip is moving so fast it breaks the speed of sound!
- Sound is used by many animals to detect danger warning them of possible attacks before they happen.
