Waves of Sound Mystery Science Unit Review

Front

What is the term scientists use to describe how squished together or spread out a wave is?

Back

wavelength

Front

High Sounds have...

Back

short wavelengths

Front

What is the highness or lowness of a sound?

Back

Pitch

Front

What does a vacuum pump do?

Back

It can remove all the air from a container.

Front

What is volume?

Back

How quiet or loud something is

Front

What is a device that shows sound waves like a graph in a sideways view?

Back

Oscilloscope

Front

What is the traveling movement created by a vibration in water or air?

Back

wave

Front

What is the back and forth movement of something?

Back

vibration

Front

Can sound travel through empty space?

Back

False

Front

Sound waves look like and spread out like ripples in a pond, but are in the air instead of water.

Back

True