Sound and Light Vocab

A material through which light does not pass.

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

• Echo

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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A material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through, but through which objects appear blurry.

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

• Echo

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through, and through which objects can be seen clearly.

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

• Echo

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter.

• Transverse wave

• Sound Wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Mechanical wave

The number of times a wave repeats in a given amount of time.

• Pitch

• Echo

• Intensity

• Sound Wave

A reflected sound wave.

• Pitch

• Echo

• Intensity

• Sound Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The perception of how high or low a sound is; related to the frequency of a sound wave.

• Pitch

• Echo

• Intensity

• Sound Wave

The bouncing of a wave headed in a different direction.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Absurption

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The bending of waves due to a change of speed.

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The energy of the waves is transferred to the material it encounters.

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2