Unit 4 Sound Vocabulary

a measure of a sound wave's height. (The larger the wave the louder the sound)

• amplitude

• decibels

• echol

• hettz

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Longitudinal waves where the particle motion is in the same direction in which the wave is generated.

• Compression waves

• Amplitude

• Echo

• Pitch

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a unit for measuring the volume of sounds.

• decibals

• echo

• hertz

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The change in the way you hear a noisy object as it moves toward or away from you

• doppler effect

• echo

• pitch

• vibration

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

when a sound repeats because the sound waves have met a large surface and bounced, or reflected, back.

• echo

• vibration

• hertz

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

 the number of wave cycles per second.

• frequency

• hertz

• vibration

• pitch

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

a unit for measuring the frequency vibrations and waves, equal to one cycle per second.

• hertz

• pitch

• vibration

• decibels

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another

• matter/medium

• frequency

• wavelength

• vibration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

sound is quiet or not clear

• muffled

• volume

• hertz

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

 the highness or lowness of a musical sound

• pitch

• volume

• hertz

• wavelength