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Introduction;

Sound is all around us, some sounds are pleasant like a bird's song and other sounds are irritating, like the sound of a highway. Irritating sounds are called noise, and world is becoming a very noisy place. This is a web quest to investigate the nature of sound, and try to find ways to reduce or eliminate noise. Because sound is a moving mass of air or some other medium, there are some interesting way to deal with noise. So if you are up to the challenge let's begin.

This is a FA-18 Hornet breaking the sound barrier 7 July 1999, this makes a lot of noise it's called a sonic boom! Click here to hear one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d9A2oq1N38

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