Title Speed of Sound at Any Time of the Day

What happens to the speed of sound that you hear in a field at

different times of the day?
Together with a classmate or a friend:
1. Stand at opposite sides of an open field.
2. Measure the distance between these two spots.
3. Ask your friend to hold two blocks of wood high up in the
air so that you can see it from the other side.
4. Ask your friend to hit the two blocks together hard
enough for you to hear the bang.
5. Press the start button on your stopwatch when you see
the blocks bang together.
6. Press the stop button on your stopwatch when you hear
the sound of the banging blocks.
7. Compute for the speed of sound by dividing the distance
between the two sides that you and your friend are
standing on by the elapsed time.
8. Repeat this process at three different times of the day
such as 9:00 am, 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm.
9. Make at least three trials each time you do the activity
and get the average of the three.

Time: (2:00 -3:00) Time (4:00 – 5:00) Time : (7:30 – 7:45)

tomorrow
Trial Tria Trial Average Trial Trial Trial Average Trial Trial Trial Average
l2 Speed 1 2 3 Speed 1 2 3 Speed
1 3

Distanc 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
e m m m m m m m m m
(meter)
Time 0.8 2.5 1.3 .89 1.1 .47 .56 .49 .17
(second s s s s 3s s s m/
s) s
Speed= 55 17.6 33.8 35.47 49.4 38.95 93.6 60.65 78. 91. 25. 65.41
(d/t) m/s m/s m/s m/s 3 m/ 2
57 8 88
 m/s s m/s m/s m/ m/ m/ m/s
s s s
Questions:
1. At which time of the day does the average speed of sound the slowest?
2. At which time of the day does the average speed of sound the fastest?
3. Give an explanation how does temperature affects the speed of sound?