Light and Sound Vocabulary

The ability to do work that comes in many forms such as sound, light, electricity, and magnetism

• vibration

• wave

• wavelength

• energy

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The light waves we can see

• visible spectrum

• wave

• wavelength

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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The bending of light

• visible spectrum

• reflection

• refraction

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a mirror image of an object

• visible spectrum

• reflection

• refraction

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the highest point of a wave

• pitch

• reflection

• refraction

• peak

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the lowest point of a wave

• trough

• pitch

• frequency

• peak

the degree of highness or lowness of a tone

• trough

• pitch

• frequency

• peak

the rate of occurrence of waves (how often waves occur)

• trough

• pitch

• frequency

• peak

the measure of the highest point of a wave

• trough

• amplitude

• wave

• peak

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The distance between two peaks of a wave

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

• peak