Sound Vocabulary

Sound

• Energy that moves as rays

• Energy that moves as plasma

• Energy that moves as waves

• Energy that moves as vectors

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Vibration

• A back and forth movement

• A stopping of movement

• A up and down movement

• A push or a pull

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Compression

• Areas where molecules are spread out

• Areas where molecules are evenly spaced

• Areas where molecules don't exist

• Areas where molecules are crowded together

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Rarefaction

• Areas where molecules are spread out

• Areas where molecules are evenly spaced

• Areas where molecules don't exist

• Areas where molecules are crowded together

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Wavelength

• Distance from the top of a wave to the bottom

• Distance from an area of compression to an area of rarefaction

• Distance from an area of compression to the next area of compression

• Distance from an area of rarefaction to a crest of a wave

Sound starts with...

• a reciever

• a vibration

• a light ray

• a vector

Which shows a wavelength?

• A

• B

• C

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which shows compression?

• A

• B

• C

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which shows rarefaction?

• A

• B

• C

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Medium

• Matter

• Vibrations

• Light

• Sound

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2