Question

When you transfer energy to a drum through a drumstick or your handhow does the amount of energy affect the sound the drum makes? Explain using the Crosscutting Concept of Energy and Matter

Answer 1

Striking the head of the drum changes its shape and compresses the air inside the shell. The compressed air presses on the bottom head and changes its shape. Then, these changes are transmitted to the drum shell and reflected back, and this action is repeated, creating a vibration. These vibrations of the top and bottom heads create vibrations in the air, which become sound, and eventually, as the head vibrations are dampened, the sound diminishes.

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