Vocabulary List #5 Sound & Light

A disturbance that transmits energy

• Volume

• PItch

• Frequency

• Wave

A series of vibrations traveling in waves (the back and forth movements)

• Decibels

• Light

• Volume

• Sound Energy

The highness or lowness of sound

• Wave

• Pitch

• Frequency

• Decibels

The number of vibrations that occur during a unit of time

• Volume

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Frequency

• Wave

The loudness of a sound

• Pitch

• Volume

• Opaque

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Unit sound is measured in

• Translucent

• Frequency

• Decibels

• Frequency

A form of energy that moves in waves and can travel through space; travels faster than anything else in the universe

• Pitch

• Opaque

• Transparent

• Light

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A range of light waves organized by frequency and wavelength

• Light

• Decibels

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Volume

NOT allowing light to pass through

• Translucent

• Transparent

• Opaque

ALLOWS light to pass through

• Opaque

• Transparent

• Translucent