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Explore internet resources to study the effect of humidity and temperature on the speed of sound, for example the PhET sound-waves simulation, Chrome Music Lab, and the Phyphox experiments.
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Use the simulations to vary temperature and humidity and note that the speed of sound rises as either increases; summarise the trend with a short table or graph of your observations.
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