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12 Cards in this Set
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larynx |
a box like chamber in the air passage in your throat |
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vibrate |
to move back and forth rapidly |
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speed of sound |
1,100 feet per second |
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speed of light |
186,000 miles per second |
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supersonic |
faster than the speed of sound |
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vocal chords |
two stretchy bands of tissue inside the larynx |
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sound waves travel best throughSOLIDS, such as metals. |
true |
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sound waves cannot travel through -------- ---------- |
empty space |
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sound waves become weaker as they travel away from the source of the sound. T/F |
true |
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Sound waves travel through all three states of matter. T/F |
true |
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Sound is produced when an object vibrates |
true |
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The tighter your vocal chords are pulled, the HIGHER your voice will be. T/F |
true |
