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Sound waves are alternate compressions and rarefactions of gas molecules. They are created by movement of the gas against a vibrating object or the creation of eddies in the air as it passes over a sharp edge. When the waves strike an object they push and pull on the object transferring energy to it. In your ear this movement is translated as sound by the ear drum and the movement in the hairs in the cochlea.
This is noticeable when you stand near a powerful bass amp or the big pipes on an organ and feel your chest vibrating with the sound waves. Energy is being transferred to you and physically shaking you.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoIf you mean transducted:
Electricity via a microphone or its underwater version, the hydrophone.
Electrical impulses in the auditory nerves from ears to brain.
Vibration of solids or liquids (the former is key to the microphone and the ear).
Otherwise it is absorbed and lost as heat in the atmosphere.
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∙ 6y ago'Wave' is a common term for a number of different ways in which energy istransferred: In electromagnetic waves, energy is transferred through vibrations of electric and magnetic fields. In sound waves, energy is transferred through vibration of air particles or particles of a solid through which the sound travels.
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∙ 12y agoSound or light waves carry energy through the molecules in gaseous state of matter...
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∙ 11y agoPythagorus therum
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How is energy transferred from an electrical buzzer to the surrounding air?
With sound
What type of energy is transferred by vibrational wave?
energy is transmitted by different waves
What energy is transfered when wood is burnt?
The chemical energy in the wood that allows it to burn is transferred to heat, light, and sound energy.
What is the energy transfer for a solar powered fan?
heat energy is transferred/converted into kinetic and sound energy. Kinetic is usefull as it turns the wings and that is its purpose. sound energy is wasted as you do not need this
What energy change takes place in a dancing doll?
Chemical energy from the batteries are transferred to moving (kinetic) and often sound energy.
How is energy transferred from an electrical buzzer to the surrounding air?
With sound
What is the concept of sound?
sound is energy transferred by vibrations in a given material
When might kinetic energy turn into sound energy?
When you drop a rock and it hits the side walk it makes a sound. Kinetic energy transferred to sound energy.
What is the phsyics concept of sound?
sound is energy transferred by vibrations in a given material
What is the general rule when it comes to energy of sound?
Perhaps the most general rule as regards the energy of sound is that it is mechanical energy, and for it to propagate, the energy must be transferred into the medium through which it is traveling. Speakers creating sound for entertainment transfer sound energy into the air, and it moves to a listener. A sonar (sound) signal is transferred into water to move out, impinge on objects in the water, and then return (the echo) to a transducer in a system to locate or image underwater objects. Compare this to outer space, which is a vacuum. Sound energy cannot travel there as there is no medium into which the energy can be transferred.
What form of energy is produced and transferred by vibrating matter?
Sound
Is energy transferred and how?
Energy can be transferred in many different ways; for instance, heat energy can be transferred by conduction, convection and radiation; energy can be transferred by electrical energy, or by sound, light, or by several other waves; a moving object (which has all sorts of types of energy) will change its position; etc.
What process is energy transferred when sound waves travel through the air?
Mechanical energy
What type of energy is transferred by vibrational wave?
energy is transmitted by different waves
What is an example of energy being transferred by sound waves?
Anything that you can hear.
What energy is transfered when wood is burnt?
The chemical energy in the wood that allows it to burn is transferred to heat, light, and sound energy.
What is the energy transfer for a solar powered fan?
heat energy is transferred/converted into kinetic and sound energy. Kinetic is usefull as it turns the wings and that is its purpose. sound energy is wasted as you do not need this
