Sound Vocab Review

Series of vibrations that can be heard

• sound

• pitch

• sonic boom

• sound waves

Measure of sound energy reaching your ear

• loudness

• sound

• pitch

• amplitude

Area where air is pushed together by vibrations

• compression

• sound

• pitch

• waves

Sound wave made by an object moving faster than the speed of sound

• Sonic boom

• pitch

• amplitude

• compression

Reflection of sound waves

• echo

• pitch

• compression

• amplitude

Moving areas of high and low pressure

• sound waves

• amplitude

• echo

• pitch

Rate of travel of a sound wave

• speed of sound

• pitch

• echo

• amplitude

Measure of how high or low a sound is

• pitch

• Sound wave

• echo

• loudness

Measure of energy a wave carries

• amplitude

• pitch

• loudness

• echo

Measure of the distance between a point on one wave and the same point on the next wave

• wave length

• sound waves

• sonic boom

• pitch