How does sound affect air molecules?

Question

Hello my son and I are doing a science project. Any kind of information would help! Thanks...

Answer 1

All molecules are affected by sound. Air molecules vibrate with sound, causing waves. In solid objects molecules also fib rate, transmitting sound as the molecules fib rate at different rates depending on the frequency, or pitch of the sound. Because air molecules can move freely, they are actually pushed by sounds and move into each other, in turn pushing more molecules away from the source.
You can experience this by placing your hand in front of a speaker playing any sounds you choose. Increase the volume to feel more pressure from the moving air particles.

Answer 2

this question i felt at a Clutch concert--i was to the left of the stage in front of piles of speakers 4 high--about 4 or 5 feet from it and i could feel the air being pushed at me,another is thunder caused by lightning,and a jet hitting mach 1.i have a year old Mazda and the salesman said they started using sound in the engine to push more are into the intake---he said 1 pound of boost if that makes sense to ya.the military has a crowd control low frequency non lethal weapon made from pushing air and your insides around. i could be wrong but low sounds have long shallow valley waves--high sounds are close high peaky waves like ya see on a graphic equalizer, that's why we cant hear a dog whistle but the bass in the kids car next to yours in traffic can rattle your windows.long waves catch air but high ones drill through not knocking as many out of the way---unless focused.---soprano breaking crystal.---better double check answer kinda winged it.

Answer 3

If you toss a stone into a calm pond it produces a growing set of concentric waves moving outward from the point of origin. The sound waves from a fire cracker thrown into the sky would move outward from the point of origin as a growing set of concentric spheres. Water is not compressible and the waves have physical height. Air is compressible and the compressed concentric spheres are separated by decompressed concentric spheres. The compressed waves are called condensations (like condensed milk?) and the decompressed waves are called rarefactions (rare means less?).

Answer 4

it makes them vibrate

the air molecules collide and the sound wave travels through the air from one molecule to the next through the collisions

Answer 5

By compressing and relaxing the molecules.