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GGR Hearing Frequencies

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Created on March 14, 2026

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What do you notice about the lengths of the bars? What might the different lengths represent?

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Each bar now has numbers at the ends. What do you think these numbers might represent?

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The x-axis shows frequency in hertz (Hz). What kinds of things might have different frequencies?

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If this graph is about hearing, what might the bars be comparing?

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Background Information

Which animals can hear higher-frequency sounds than humans?

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Background Information

Different animals can hear different ranges of sound frequencies. Hearing is an adaptation- a trait that helps an animal survive in its environment. Why might high-frequency hearing be helpful? Some animals, including bats and porpoises, use echolocation. Echolocation is when an animal makes sounds and listens to the echoes to locate objects. Echolocation works best with high-frequency sounds because high frequencies have shorter wavelengths, which can detect small objects and fine details. Why might low-frequency hearing be helpful? Low-frequency sounds travel farther and can bend around obstacles, which helps animals like baleen whales communicate across long distances in the ocean and animals like elephants stay in contact over wide areas on land. These low sounds can also help them detect large events in their environment, such as distant movement or storms. How animals use sound (adaptations): Animals use sound for communication, finding food, avoiding predators, and navigation (including echolocation).

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