5.5 Sound SOL Vocabulary Test

A form of mechanical energy that is produced by vibrations.

• sound
• light

Sound travels in this type of wave.

• compression waves
• transverse waves

How high or low a sound is.

• pitch
• amplitude

The number of waves passing a given point in a given amount of time.

• frequency
• speed

The distance between two points in a wave that follow each other.

• wavelength
• crest
• trough

The highest part of a wave.

• wavelength
• crest
• trough

The lowest part of a wave.

• wavelength
• crest
• trough

The amount of energy in a sound wave

• wavelength
• amplitude