SCIENCE 4

QUARTER 3 MODULE 5 WEEK 5

Let’s Understand

Sound energy is energy that is produced when vibrations travel through

matter. Vibrations are quick back-and-forth movements of matter that cause it to
produce sound.

People and animals make sounds. Musical instruments, car horns, house
appliances and construction equipment are just a few of the countless objects that
produce sounds through vibrations. These vibrations travel usually through air, but
also through such media as water and steel.
A sound wave travels at different speed through different media. Sound wave is
created in response to a vibration and how easily they move back to their original
position. Another cause is how strongly the particles are attached or attracted to
each other.

Slow moving wave (slow music)

Fast moving wave (fast music)

No more waves

The vibrations from an object cause the air in the surroundings to produce
sound waves, which then transmit the sound outward in different directions. When
the waves reach your ears, they are transformed into messages then processes
them, so you can identify the kind of sound you heard.

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 Sound travels at different speeds, depending on the kind of matter making the
sound and the medium through which the sound travels.

Matter is made up of molecules or very tiny particles. The molecules of solids

are compressed and strongly attached to each other so sound waves pass easily
through solid materials. On the other hand, the molecules of liquids are less attached
and move slower. This causes sound waves to travel more slowly in liquid materials.
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The molecules of gases are much farther from each other, making it more
difficult for sound waves to travel through them.

Sound travels so much more slowly than light. Light moves about 300 000
000 meters per second while sound travels at only 340 meters per second. This
explains why you may hear the sound of an object long after you have seen it. Notice
how, during a thunderstorm, you see flashes of lightning before you hear the sound
that they make.

There are no particles of matter in outer space. Thus, sound waves are not
able to travel in it. Inside a spacecraft, astronauts can talk to each other because
there is air inside the spacecraft. However, when they are out in space, astronauts
use special instruments that allow them to talk to and hear each other.

An astronaut’s helmet contains devices

that covert sound waves from the
astronaut’s voice into radio waves. This
allows him or her to communicate with
other astronauts in space or with those
inside their spacecraft.

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 Let’s Analyze

Direction: Show a fast-moving sound, a slow-moving sound and silence. Then label
them.

Let’s Try

Direction: Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What are vibrations?

A. Quick reflections of light
B. Slow back-and-forth movements
C. Quick back-and-forth movements
D. Slow reflections of light

2. How do sound travels through air?

A. Very fast C. in jumping motion
B. Very slowly D. fast in random manner

3. In which, medium can sound wave travel faster?

A. Solids C. gases
B. Liquids D. all of these

4. What affects the speed of sound as it travels?

A. Person receiving it C. The origin of the sound
B. The nature of material D. Loudness of the sound

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 5. Which of the following statements about sound is correct?
A. Sound cannot travel through a solid
B. Sound travel faster in air than in liquids.
C. Sound travel faster in solids than in air
D. The travel of sound is not affected by the medium through which it travels

Let’s Create

Directions:

1. Listen to the song “Leron Leron Sinta”.

2. On a short bond paper, draw the scene/ things you have heard to visualize
the song.

Criteria Rate
Interpreted the song Leron leron sinta by
presenting a drawing with scenes and
things heard from the song.

Interpreted the song Leron leron sinta by

presenting a drawing with few scenes and
things heard from the song.

No drawing shown