Sound Vocabulary

A form of energy created by a vibration or wave that travels through a medium and can be heard

• sound

• vibration

• mechanical wave

• volume

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a back and forth movement of particles

• pitch

• frequency

• absorption

• vibration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

waves in which the particles vibrate back and forth in compressional pulses in the same direction as the movement of the wave (parallel)

• amplitude

• mechanical wave

• echo

• longitudinal wave

waves created by moving or vibrating objects that transfer energy through a series of particle collisions within a medium (can be transverse OR longitudinal)

• hertz

• mechanical wave

• longitudinal wave

• sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the matter through which a wave travels (solid, liquid, or gas)

• decibel

• echolocation

• pitch

• medium

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a measure of the loudness of sound

• frequency

• hertz

• pitch

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

determines the volume or loudness of a sound

• amplitude

• pitch

• frequency

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the unit used to measure the volume or loudness of sound

• Doppler effect

• decibel

• hertz

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the number of waves that pass a point each second; determines the pitch of a sound

• amplitude

• absorption

• pitch

• frequency

the unit used to measure pitch and frequency

• hertz

• decibel

• volume

• echo