Sound Vocabulary

Energy you can hear carried by waves

• sound

• rarefaction

• volume

• pitch

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Rapid back and forth movement

• decibel

• mechanical wave

• volume

• vibration

Region of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are closest together

• frequency

• vibration

• compression

• amplitude

Region of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart

• mechanical wave

• rarefaction

• frequency

• amplitude

The perception of how high or low a sound seems

• sound

• compression

• pitch

• volume

The number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second.

• frequency

• amplitude

• vibration

• decibel

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Unit used to measure sound intensity or loudness

• amplitude

• vibration

• decibel

• sound

A wave in which the disturbance is parallel to the direction the wave travels

• mechanical wave

• longitudinal wave

• amplitude

• compression

wave that can travel only through matter

• vibration

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The degree of loudness or intensity of a sound

• compression

• decibel

• amplitude

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1