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Sound particle

Okay kiddo, let’s talk about sound particles!

Everything in the world is made up of teeny-tiny things called atoms. Sound particles are just like those atoms, but they’re specifically the bits of air that move around when you hear a sound.

When something makes a sound, like a bird chirping or a car engine revving, it sends little sound particles out. These particles travel through the air and enter your ears.

Your ears have special parts called eardrums that vibrate when the sound particles reach them. Just like plucking a guitar string makes it vibrate and produce sound, the eardrum vibrating produces sound in your ear.

Your brain then gets all this information and figures out what sound you’re hearing.

So, to sum up – sound particles are like the tiny ingredients of a sound that float through the air and make noises that our ears can hear. Cool, right?
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