Waves and Sound Vocabulary

The ability to do work; it comes in many forms

• vibration

• energy

• frequency

• kinetic energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The highest point of a wave

• peak or crest

• trough

• pitch

• visible spectrum

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a periodic movement of particles

• trough

• wave

• vibration

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

an outward curve or series of curves

• peak

• frequency

• wavelength

• wave

the light waves that we can see

• waves

• visible spectrum

• amplitude

• reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the distance between 2 peaks or the crest of a wave

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The degree of highness or lowness of a tone

• refraction

• tone

• pitch

• reflection

The lowest point

• amplitude

• wave

• peak or crest

• trough

The rate of occurrence of waves

• wavelength

• frequency

• visible spectrum

• amplitude

a mirror image

• reflection

• visible spectrum

• refraction

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2