Sound

A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency

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The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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

• pitch
• frequency
• sound
• medium

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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

Highest point of a wave

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• frequency

The term for how loud or soft a sound is:

• pitch
• volume
• sound
• medium

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which feature of sound is determined by amplitude?

• Pitch
• Smoothness
• Loudness

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If the distance represented by the letter A (the amplitude) were increased, how would it change the sound?

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

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