What is Sound? What makes sound? Wavelength and amplitude When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass a given point, the shorter the wavelength and the higher the frequency. Sounds of all frequencies travel at the same rate in the same medium. (Sound in dry air at 0 C travels at the rate of 1200 kilometers per hour, or 331.6 MPS; in a solid medium the sound waves travel faster.) The vibrations can also “squeeze” the air molecules together very hard or very gently. This squeezing is called “amplitude” and is represented on the top half of the diagram below. The bottom half of the diagram is a representation of the pressure of the air during a sound wave. The horizontal line represents normal air pressure. The more we push an object to make it vibrate, the larger the vibrations and the louder the sound, or the greater the amplitude. Sound waves with the same frequency can have different amplitudes. When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass

What is Sound? What makes sound? Wavelength and amplitude When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass a given point, the shorter the wavelength and the higher the frequency. Sounds of all frequencies travel at the same rate in the same medium. (Sound in dry air at 0 C travels at the rate of 1200 kilometers per hour, or 331.6 MPS; in a solid medium the sound waves travel faster.) The vibrations can also “squeeze” the air molecules together very hard or very gently. This squeezing is called “amplitude” and is represented on the top half of the diagram below. The bottom half of the diagram is a representation of the pressure of the air during a sound wave. The horizontal line represents normal air pressure. The more we push an object to make it vibrate, the larger the vibrations and the louder the sound, or the greater the amplitude. Sound waves with the same frequency can have different amplitudes. When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass

What is Sound? What makes sound? Wavelength and amplitude When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass a given point, the shorter the wavelength and the higher the frequency. Sounds of all frequencies travel at the same rate in the same medium. (Sound in dry air at 0 C travels at the rate of 1200 kilometers per hour, or 331.6 MPS; in a solid medium the sound waves travel faster.) The vibrations can also “squeeze” the air molecules together very hard or very gently. This squeezing is called “amplitude” and is represented on the top half of the diagram below. The bottom half of the diagram is a representation of the pressure of the air during a sound wave. The horizontal line represents normal air pressure. The more we push an object to make it vibrate, the larger the vibrations and the louder the sound, or the greater the amplitude. Sound waves with the same frequency can have different amplitudes. When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass

What is Sound? What makes sound? Wavelength and amplitude When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass a given point, the shorter the wavelength and the higher the frequency. Sounds of all frequencies travel at the same rate in the same medium. (Sound in dry air at 0 C travels at the rate of 1200 kilometers per hour, or 331.6 MPS; in a solid medium the sound waves travel faster.) The vibrations can also “squeeze” the air molecules together very hard or very gently. This squeezing is called “amplitude” and is represented on the top half of the diagram below. The bottom half of the diagram is a representation of the pressure of the air during a sound wave. The horizontal line represents normal air pressure. The more we push an object to make it vibrate, the larger the vibrations and the louder the sound, or the greater the amplitude. Sound waves with the same frequency can have different amplitudes.  When a wave is created, the distance between one compression and the next compression is called the wavelength. The faster the sound waves pass