Sound Test - IPC Ch. 12

The way the brain perceives the intensity of a sound

• intensity

• pitch

• loudness

• frequency

the study of sound

• acoustics

• music

• intensity

• overtones

finding objects by emitting sound waves and interpreting the reflected sound

• Doppler Effect

• echolocation

• resonator

• loudness

the change in pitch of a sound caused by motion of either the sound source or a receiver

• cochlea

• noise

• Doppler Effect

• reverberation

used to locate objects underwater by the reflection of sound waves

• SONAR

• eardrum

• intensity

• ultrasonic waves

the highness or lowness of a sound

• amplitude

• pitch

• loudness

• frequency

membrane that vibrates the bones of the middle ear

• ear drum

• cochlea

• stirrup

• hammer

amount of sound energy that flows through a given area in a given time

• noise

• acoustics

• vibrations

• intensity

sounds with frequencies above 20,000 Hz; used in medical treatments

• infrasonic waves

• subsonic waves

• loud sounds

• ultrasonic waves

sounds below 20Hz; sounds you can "feel"

• ultrasonic waves

• music

• pitch

• subsonic waves