chapter 8 vocab

energy that is stored in an object?

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

the ability to cause motion or create change?

• frequency

• pitch

• volume

• energy

energy in the form of vibrations passing through matter

• pitch

• volume

• sound

• amplitude

energy of motion

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time

• wavelength

• pitch

• frequency

• conduction

distance between a point on one wave and a similar point on the next wave

• energy

• pitch

• frequency

• wavelength

how high or low a sound is

• volume

• pitch

• amplitude

• reflection

a measure of how strong a sound seems to us

• pitch

• volume

• frequency

• conduction

the height of a wave measured from it's midline

• amplitude

• wavelength

• pitch

• volume

occurs when light rays bounce off a surface

• refraction

• reflection