Year 7 - Waves - Sound and light

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

How high or low a sound is; depends on the frequency (greater frequency= higher pitch)

• pitch
• frequency
• sound
• medium

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves

• longitudinal wave
• ocean wave
• transverse wave
• mechanical wave

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• crest
• amplitude
• frequency
• pitch

A reflected sound wave

• frequency
• pitch
• echo
• rarefaction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Highest point of a wave

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• frequency

When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?

• Frequency 
• Amplitude 
• Wavelength 
• Crest

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is a natural Vaccuum that Sound cannot travel through?

• Water
• Air
• Liquids
• outer Space

If the distance represented by the letter A were increased, how would it change the way the sound was heard?

• The sound would be higher. 
• The sound would be lower. 
• The sound would be softer. 
• The sound would be louder. 

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

True or False: Sound travels better through solids than through liquids

• True 
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2