Sound Waves

A disturbance that carries energy such as sound or light

• sound wave
• electrical energy
• amplitude
• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Bending of waves around an object (such as through a doorway)

• sound
• diffract
• pitch
• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

travels through solids fastest because the molecules are closer together

• speed of sound
• wavelength
• frequency
• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

• pitch
• frequency
• sound
• medium

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

• rarefaction
• compression
• crest
• trough

A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel

• mechanical wave
• chemical wave
• electromagnetic wave
• pitch