Sound Waves Vocab

to move slightly in place around a fixed point

• vibrate

• swing

• standing

• sprinting

a push or a pull

• gravity

• force

• friction

• car crash

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

to move from one place to another

• transform

• energy

• transfer

• collision

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

to change shape (permanently or temporarily)

• elastic limit

• breaking point

• deformation

• force

wave height

• frequency

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time

• amplitude

• trough

• wavelength

• frequency

changes based on frequency (lower vs higher)

• pitch

• volume

• frequency

• wavelength

how loud or soft something is

• pitch

• waves

• frequency

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the highest (top) part of a wave

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the lowest (bottom) part of a wave

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• medium