Sound Vocabulary

A space where no particles of matter exist

• Space

• Galaxy

• Vacuum

• Washing Machine

A repeated back and forth or up and down motion that creates a wave

• Wave

• Vibration

• Decibel

• Frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The highness or lowness of a sound dependent on the frequency of the wave

• Pitch

• Frequency

• Sound

• Voice

What was special about Ben Underwood?

The movement of air molecules brought about by a source of vibration

• Sound

• Vibration

• Pitch

• Decibel

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a measure of the amount of energy transmitted by a wave

• Intensity

• Frequency

• Pitch

• Sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The unit used to measure sound intensity or loudness

• hertz

• decibel

• intensity

• frequency

Unit of measurement for frequency

• Decibel

• hertz

• kilohertz

• milliseconds

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The study of how sounds interact with each other and the environment

• Voice

• Sound

• Acoustics

• Frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Would you rather:

• fight a toddler the size of a grizzly bear

• fight a grizzly bear the size of a toddler