Consider the intensities of the sounds listed below.
A 2 column table with 12 rows. The first column is labeled sound in decibels with entries 140, 130, 120, 110, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20. The second column is labeled noise source with entries jet engine at 25 meters, jet aircraft at 100 meters, rock and roll concert, pneumatic chipper, woodworking machines, chainsaw, heavy truck traffic, business office, conversational speech, library, bedroom, secluded woods, whisper.
Which lists the amplitudes of sound waves from these sources in order from greatest to least?
busy roadway, kids whispering, average home
chainsaw, diesel truck, rustling leaves
kids whispering, vacuum cleaner, jet airplane
library, conversational speech, music from speaker