A | B |
amplitude | how big a sound wave is |
decibel | unit for loudness |
vacuum | sound can't travel through this |
speed | distance divided by time |
vibration | this causes sound |
frequency | another word for pitch |
Hertz | unit for frequency |
metre per second | unit for speed |
140 db | Painful sound level |
bat | animal that can hear very high frequencies |
Loudspeaker | used in a hi- fi to make sound |
voicebox | larynx |
instrument that produce a low note | double bass |
insterument that produces a high note | viola |
20KHZ | highest frequency that humands can normally hear |
40dB | loudness of a quiet conversation |
340 | speed of sound in metres per second |
signal generator | scientific device used to make sound signals |
Tuning fork | used to check piano tuning |
80dB | sound danger level |