Waves of Sound Mystery Science Unit Review

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What is volume?

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How quiet or loud something is.

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What is pitch?

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The highness or lowness of a sound.

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What is an oscilloscope?

Back

A device that shows sound waves like a graph in a sideways view.

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What does a vacuum pump do?

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It can remove all the air from a container.

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What is a wave?

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The traveling movement created by a vibration in water or air.

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What is vibration?

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A rapid back-and-forth movement that creates sound.

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What is wavelength?

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The distance between two consecutive peaks of a wave.

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What is sound?

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A type of energy made by vibrations that travels through air, water, or solids.

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What is a sound wave?

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A wave that is created by vibrating objects and travels through a medium.

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What is a medium in sound?

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The material through which sound waves travel, such as air, water, or solids.