Sound Energy

Explanation of sound energy

Sound energy is produced by vibration. Sound energy can be heard in different ways such as peoples voices and from music speakers. Sound waves can travel through any substances. Sound cannot travel through emptiness of space. Most sounds travel in air and sound can travel through solids and liquids things.

Problem

When volume increases does sound energy increase?

Hypothesis

I think volume will increase as the sound energy increases.

Materials

1.Tissue 2.Speaker 3.Music 4.Tray 5. Water

Procedure
1.Get a tissue paper wet. 2.Then put the tissue on the speaker. 3.After that turn the volume up a little watch the tissue. 4.Next turn the volume up slowly keep watching the tissue. 5.Finally turn the volume up super high and the tissue should move, rip or come off.

Observation
When we turned the volume up a little the tissue vibrated a little bit. When we turned the volume up more the tissue started vibrating more and more. It did not rip yet.
Finally we turned the volume up to super loud and the tissue had a small rip in it.

Conclusion
The reason the wet tissue ripped was because as the volume increased, the sound energy got bigger. Loud sounds can rip your ear drums so it also rips the wet tissue.

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