Sound 5.2 Vocabulary

A form of energy produced and transmitted by vibrating matter.

• hertz

• pitch

• sound

• frequency

The number of times an object vibrates per second.

• Frequency

• wave length

• sound

• hertz

A pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy traveling through a medium.

• compression

• rarefaction

• decibel

• Sound Wave

The distance between two wave peaks.

• wave length

• hertz

• medium

• echolocation

What is determined by the frequency of a vibrating object?

• Sound

• Pitch

• Amplitude

• Decibel

The height of a soundwave.

• Crest

• Wave Length

• Amplitude

• Frequency

One vibration per second.

• Hertz

• Trough

• Crest

• Medium

We measure volume in units of what?

• Echolocation

• Decibels

• Hertz

• Medium

The material that a wave moves through.

• Hertz

• Amplitude

• Decibels

• Medium

The lowest point of a wave.

• Trough

• Crest

• Volume

• Middle