Sound Energy

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Sound is produced when an object...

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Vibrates

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When something vibrates, it passes the vibration to...
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its surrounding environment

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your ears

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your hands

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itself

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its surrounding environment

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Sound energy travels in...

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Longitudinal waves

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When objects vibrate, they create regions of space in which the air particles are bunched together called...

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Compressions

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When objects vibrate, they create regions of space in which the air particles are spread out called...

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Rarefactions

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In a longitudinal wave, the particles move...

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In the same direction that the wave is moving

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Sound energy needs a medium (solid, liquid or gas) to travel through. True or False?

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True

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Can sound energy travel through outer space (a vacuum)?

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False

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Why does sound travel a longer distance through solids?

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Because the particles are tightly packed together

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Why does sound travel the shortest distance through gases?

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Because the particles are spread out