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Her room was practically vibrating from her brother Liam practicing piano again,  \nand there was no way that she could focus on math with all of that noise.  \n“Mom!” she shouted.“Liam is playing way too loud again!”  \nMikayla’s mom popped her head into the room. “Sorry honey,” she  \nsaid, “Were you calling me?”  \n“Yes!” Mikayla answered, “I’m surprised you heard me since Liam’s making so much noise. I can’t study for tomorrow’s math test when he is banging away on that piano.”  \n“Right,” said Mi kayla’s mom thoughtfully. “It seems we need to find a way for everyone to get their work done at the same time because Liam needs to practice for his recital on Saturday , and you need to ace your math test.”  \nMikayla nodded.  \n“Let’s think about this,” her mom continued. “Sound is energy created by the vibration of an object. When Liam hits a piano key, a tiny hammer strikes a metal string in the piano causing it to vibrate. The vibration of the string causes the surrounding air to vibrate, and those vibrations travel through the air as sound waves.”  \n“Well, I’m drowning in those sound waves,” Mikayla said.  \n“As you’ve noticed , those sound waves eventually reach our ears. Our outer  \near funnels the vibrations in the air into the middle of our ears where our eardrum sits. Our eardrums then begin to vibrate in the same pattern. The vibration of our eardrums results in signals that our brains interpret as sound. And that’s what is interrupting your homework.”  \n“You’re not kidding,” Mikayla said. “So, can you please make him stop?”  \n“Maybe we can figure out a way to interrupt that process. Then you can get your studying done.”  \n“Mom, that’s easy. Let me explain,” Mikayla said in her most grownup and patient voice. “First, you tell Liam to stop hitting the piano keys with his fingers, then the keys won’t cause the hammer to hit the strings, and then the strings won’t vibrate, and there will be no sound waves flooding into my ears and ruining my chances of getting into university.”  \n“Very funny girl,” Mom said with a s mile. “We could silence the piano by stopping the strings from vibrating, but then Liam won’t get the practice that he needs. However, the sound vibrations have to travel through the air to reach our ears . How can we block that?”  \n“OK, that’s easy too,” Mikayla sighed. “We just hook Dad’s big pump up to the house and pump out all the air. Then the sound can’t travel.”  \nMom looked thoughtful. “Well, scientifically speaking, you are correct. Sound vibrations need a medium, like air or water, to travel through. If there was no air to vibrate, there would be no sound. In  \nfact, in the vacuum of outer space, it is completely quiet. However, we need air to breathe , so your plan won’t work. Let’s try closing your door and block that vibrating air from coming into your room.”  \nMikayla and her mom closed Mikayla’s door and window, and shoved a blanket around the door until they couldn’t see any light coming through. The room seemed completely sealed. Unfortunately, just at the moment, Liam stuck up a rousing version of Beethoven’s ninth symphony, and they could hear every chord.  \nMikayla covered her ears. “Why does he have to play so loud?”  \n“Hmmm   I guess closing your door is not going to solve our problem,” Mikayla’s mom conceded. “The vibrating air outside of your room is causing your walls to vibrate, which causes the air inside your room to vibrate. So, we can still hear t he piano. We made it quieter, but still not quiet e nough.”  \n“Well, can’t you just tell Liam to practice more quietly?” Mi kay la asked.  \n“Sure,” Mom replied. “The energy something makes when it vibrates produces sound waves that have a definite pattern. If Liam hits the piano keys harder, then the string vibrates with more energy and the sound w","cbCaihQru9xLVyNl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihQru9xLVyNl","pdf",269639,"English","# Multiple Choice\n## Quick vs slow vibration outcomes\n## Ear muffs/solutions comprehension","[{\"question\":\"How does the passage explain sound being produced by the piano?\",\"answer\":\"When Liam hits a piano key, a small hammer strikes a metal string. 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