jueves, 20 de agosto de 2009
why can the cord be sofely cut once the baby is born
how is a baby corn
what are contractions
when the baby is in the womb
During pregnancy, your future child will develop at an astonishing rate. This is an important time to make sure you are eating a healthy diet, taking your prenatal vitamins, and getting good prenatal care. These three steps can help reduce the chance of birth defects and set your baby on the right path to a healthy life.
martes, 9 de junio de 2009
viernes, 5 de junio de 2009
dont let the heat escape
miércoles, 20 de mayo de 2009
speed of sound
Speed of sound
The speed of sound depends on the medium through which the waves are passing, and is often quoted as a fundamental property of the material. In general, the speed of sound is proportional to the square root of the ratio of the elastic modulus (stiffness) of the medium to its density. Those physical properties and the speed of sound change with ambient conditions. For example, the speed of sound in gases depends on temperature. In 20 °C (68 °F) air at the sea level, the speed of sound is approximately 343 m/s (1,230 km/h; 767 mph) using the formula "v = (331 + 0.6T) m/s". In fresh water, also at 20 °C, the speed of sound is approximately 1,482 m/s (5,335 km/h; 3,315 mph). In steel, the speed of sound is about 5,960 m/s (21,460 km/h; 13,330 mph).[5] The speed of sound is also slightly sensitive (a second-order anharmonic effect) to the sound amplitude, which means that there are nonlinear propagation effects, such as the production of harmonics and mixed tones not present in the original sound (see parametric array).
sound wave properties and characteristics
Sound wave properties and characteristics
Sound waves are characterized by the generic properties of waves, which are frequency, wavelength, period, amplitude, intensity, speed, and direction (sometimes speed and direction are combined as a velocity vector, or wavelength and direction are combined as a wave vector).
Transverse waves, also known as shear waves, have an additional property of polarization.
Sound characteristics can depend on the type of sound waves (longitudinal versus transverse) as well as on the physical properties of the transmission medium[citation needed].
Whenever the pitch of the sound wave is affected by some kind of change, the distance between the sound wave maxima also changes, resulting in a change of frequency. When the loudness of a sound wave changes, so does the amount of compression in air of the wave that is traveling through it, which in turn can be defined as amplitude.
longitudinal and tranverse waves
Longitudinal and transverse waves
Sound is transmitted through gases, plasma, and liquids as longitudinal waves, also called compression waves. Through solids, however, it can be transmitted as both longitudinal and transverse waves. Longitudinal sound waves are waves of alternating pressure deviations from the equilibrium pressure, causing local regions of compression and rarefaction, while transverse waves in solids, are waves of alternating shear stress.
Matter in the medium is periodically displaced by a sound wave, and thus oscillates. The energy carried by the sound wave converts back and forth between the potential energy of the extra compression (in case of longitudinal waves) or lateral displacement strain (in case of transverse waves) of the matter and the kinetic energy of the oscillations of the medium.
physics of sond
lunes, 4 de mayo de 2009
ligth and sound experiment
Back to light and sound experiments
You will need:- Coloured pens, or a colour printer, plus paper.- 1 Nail, pencil, cardboard and glue.
White light is comprised of all the colours of the visible spectrum.More on light by Museum Victoria.i.e. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet... as well as the shades in between.Spinning the disc mixed all the different wavelengths of coloured light together, creating white light. The faster you move the disc, the more white light you see. This process is call colour addition.Colour subtraction occurs when substances that absorb light, such as paint, are mixed together. Mixing coloured paint eventually produces black paint, whereby all visible ligh
