vibration

Uses simple text and photographs to discuss sensing light and sound.

Uses simple text to discuss how vibrations make sound.

Sound produces some of the greatest joys in our lives. From the music we love to the mere sound of laughter, the vibrations our ears pick up play a major role in our life experience. This book shows readers just what sound is, how it travels, and how our ears understand the sounds that surround us all. Innovative flowcharts throughout the book give readers a fun alternative to plain text, showing the science of sound with vibrant colors and interesting fact boxes.

Presents an introduction to sound, explaining how sounds are produced and heard, featuring a demonstration of vibration, and looking at the various ways sound travels.

This book describes the properties of sound and the part it plays in communication, entertainment, navigation, health care, and industry covering such terms as decibels, sonar, ultrasound, amplitude, and more.

Examines how animals use vibrations to "hear" the earth in order to survive, including elephants, spiders, snakes, and rodents. Features a glossary, a website for further information, and color photographs.

Contains information on elephants and other animals that can hear sound through vibrations.

"Ticking clocks, claps of thunder, the human voice—sound is anything that can be heard. Hearing sound is one thing, but understanding just how it works and what its properties are is quite another. Answering these questions and others concerning supersonic speed and breaking the sound barrier, how the human voice and ear work, and the age-old question of whether a tree falling in the forest unobserved makes any noise, this volume provides an accessible yet detailed and amply illustrated guide to the science of sound. Also included are several fun projects, which allow readers to explore in a hands-on way the nature, quality, and behavior of sound" -- Provided by publisher.

Sound is created through vibrations that vary in pitch and volume. This creates sound-waves that you can hear. Includes experiments.