The sound of a plucked guitar string travels through the air and strikes the eardrum of a person in the same room. How does the sound wave change when it transfers from the air to the person’s eardrum?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Neither the speed nor the wavelength of the sound change.
Neither the speed nor the wavelength of the sound change.

Neither the frequency nor the wavelength of the sound change.
Neither the frequency nor the wavelength of the sound change.

Both the speed and the wavelength of the sound change.
Both the speed and the wavelength of the sound change.

Both the frequency and the wavelength of the sound change.
Both the frequency and the wavelength of the sound change.

Answer 1

When sound travels from one medium (air) to another (in this case, the eardrum), the frequency of the sound wave remains unchanged, but the speed and wavelength will change because the properties of the two mediums are different.

Since sound travels more slowly in air than in denser materials (like the tissues of the eardrum), the speed increases when it travels into the eardrum, and the wavelength will adjust accordingly.

Thus, the correct response is: Neither the frequency nor the wavelength of the sound change.