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Results
During this experiment, we realized that the soundwaves became shorter and quieter when
the different materials were used, while for our constant variable, it was much louder. When we
put the speaker underneath the glass, the sound waves turned out to be 21.3dB, when we put
the speaker inside the glass, it was 21.7dB. When we put the phone/speaker into a large box it
was 21.1dB, and a smaller box was 22.5dB.With plastic we got 21.8dB and cloth was 21.4dB.
Lastly, we put the speaker inside of wood, and it was proven that this material was the material
that made the sound waves more quiet and shorter which was 20.2dB. With our constant
variable, it was evidence that this was the longest and loudest sound wave with a reaction of
30.0dB. We know our results are accurate because we made sure to keep the sound wave
curator in the exact same spot when each material was used, we also kept the speaker at the
same volume level, and used a constant sound for each material used throughout the
experiment.
Plastic
21.8
Inside
glass
Under
glass
Small
cardboard
Big
glass
box
21.7
21.3
22.5
Cloth
Inside
wood
Normal
21.4
20.2
30.0
cardboard
21.1
Discussion
We did this experiment because we were curious about what kind of objects would affect
sound waves. Our group was fairly confident that the results we received were accurate due to
the amount of times of which we repeated the experiment. We concluded that the soundwave
became shorter and quieter when the different materials that were used, but for our constant
variable (using the two phones without any material or object covering it) was much louder.
Once we finished the experiment we saw that our hypothesis was indeed correct. Throughout
the experiment we established that the independent variable surely had an effect on the
dependent variable simply because once we changed the material the sound waves m/s would
shift. The first time we did this experiment, we used a song to calculate the soundwaves but,
later we realized that the affect the sound waves had on the song would be inaccurate. The
following day we re-did the experiment once again but with a constant note like a Laaaaaa.
Doing this made sure that we would have the best and most accurate results.
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"Longitudinal Pulse." Longitudinal Pulse. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2016.