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Sounds
The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Sounds was first published in 1984 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about sounds heard in everyday life, how they are created, and how they vary. It describes sound as vibrations travelling through a medium in waves and shows some of the ways in which it can be created by human, other animals and musical instruments. There is an account of how we hear. The book is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question and carry out investigations of how different sounds can be made.
Contents
Sounds
Sounds give us information
How sound is made
Low sounds, high sounds
Sound waves
Sound travels through solids and liquids
Animal voices
Human sounds
Do you remember?
Things to do
How we hear
Animals' ears
Musical instruments
More musical instruments
Echoes
Using echoes
Storing and sending sounds
Noise pollution
Do you remember?
Things to do
Experiments to try
Glossary
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