When two dihybrid individuals are mated, this is called a dihybrid cross. Even though the parents of a dihybrid cross have the same genotype and phenotype, their offspring could show any one of 9 different genotypes and 4 different phenotypes. The phenotypic ratio of offspring produced from a dihybrid cross is 9:3:3:1. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.
Sounds are heard by the ear as either being loud or soft. The loudness of a sound in measured in decibels. Decibels refer to the energy produced by that sound. A human can hear sounds ranging from 0.1 decibels, which is very soft, to sound which measure 120 decibels. Younger people can often hear lower volumes better than older people.
The loudness of complex sounds can be measured by comparison to 1000Hz test tones, and this type of measurement is useful for research, but for practical sound level measurement, the use of filter contours has been commonly adopted to approximate the variations of the human ear.