Sound as Waves

Description

A vibrating speaker generates compressions and rarefactions that travel outward as concentric arcs. The wave reaches an ear on the right. Labels identify dense (compression) and sparse (rarefaction) zones.

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Phases

#	Phase Name	Duration	Description
1	Speaker Intro	2s	Speaker appears on left side of screen
2	Vibration	2s	Speaker cone oscillates in and out
3	Wave Propagation	4s	Concentric arcs spread rightward, labeled compression/rarefaction
4	Ear Receives	2s	Ear appears; waves reach it
5	Summary	2s	"Sound = pressure waves" label

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Layout

+--------------------------------------------------+
|                                                  |
|  [Speaker]  )))  )))  )))  )))  )))   [Ear]      |
|              C    R    C    R    C                |
|         compression / rarefaction               |
|                                                  |
|        "Sound travels as pressure waves"         |
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Area Descriptions

• Left: speaker icon
• Center: expanding wave arcs with labels
• Right: ear icon

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Assets & Dependencies

• Fonts: LaTeX / sans-serif
• Manim version: ManimCE 0.19.1

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Notes

• Primary level: no equations
• Use alternating colors for compressions (orange) and rarefactions (light blue)
• Animate arcs expanding from speaker position