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As time passes the sound wave ​

As time passes the sound wave ​-example-1
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Answer:

Loud to soft while pitch increases

Step-by-step explanation:

Sound waves shown graphically display their amplitude (height of the graph) and their wavelength (the horizontal distance from peak to peak, or valley to valley... one full cycle).

Instead of wavelength, alternatively, one can observe the frequency of the wave (how many cycles are completed for a given unit of horizontal distance) which is in an inverse relationship with the wavelength (as a wavelength gets shorter, the frequency gets higher, and as the wavelength gets longer, the frequency gets lower).

The amplitude of a wave corresponds to how loud the sound is.

The frequency of a wave corresponds to the pitch of the sound.


Notice that on the graph, the height of the graph decreases over time (the peaks get shorter and shorter). So, the sound volume will get quieter and quieter. Using terminology that matches the answer choices, the sound will start loud and get soft.

Notice that on the graph, the wavelength decreases over time (starts with a pretty long distance between peaks, and then the distance between peaks gets shorter and shorter). Alternatively, looking at frequency, notice that the frequency gets higher and higher (on the left, one finger-width doesn't is less than one full cycle, but on the right, the same finger-width is wider than multiple cycles). So, the pitch of the sound will get higher and higher.

Thus, for this graph, the sound goes from loud to soft, and the pitch increases.

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