MMI: Sound Acoustics

What are ACOUSTICS?

• The way sound is transmitted in a space

• Music played without electricity

• The way sound travels under water

What do you call the material waves travel through?

• Medium

• Membrane

• Density

What DOES NOT affect the acoustics of a space?

• Density of materials

• Texture of materials

• Color of materials

• Size of the space

I can hear my brother's video games through the wall, because the wall has a high rate of

• Transmission

• Absorbtion

• Reflection

• Precedence

Singing in the echo-y stairway is fun because it has a high rate of

• Transmission

• Absorbtion

• Reflection

• Precedence

When I have something super secret to tell my friend we go in my closet. Sound doesn't escape because the clothes create a high rate of

• Transmission

• Absorbtion

• Reflection

• Precedence

Regardless of what the walls are made of, you can alter the acoustics of a space by covering them with fabric.

• True!

• False

Where you stand in a room can change the way you perceive sound.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

How close you are to a wall or source of the sound can definitely affect how you hear the sound.

Even with your eyes closed, you can tell what direction a sound is coming from.

• True

• False

What does the Precedent Effect tell you about the sounds you hear?

• How loud it is

• What direction it came from

• What the materials around you are

• What is making the sound