Sound Energy Vocabulary

Vibration

• A disturbance traveling through a medium

• A back-and-forth motion

• A type of wave

• The speed of sound

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Sound wave

• A longitudinal wave

• A transverse wave

• A wave that requires a medium

• A wave that can travel through a vacuum

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Wave

• A disturbance that transfers energy

• A disturbance that transfers energy

• A form of electromagnetic radiation

• A force acting on an object

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Medium

• The substance that allows light to travel

• The environment in which a wave travels

• The space in which sound cannot travel

• The speed at which sound moves

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Vacuum

• A medium that allows sound to travel

• The absence of matter

• A dense material for sound conduction

• A type of wave

Light

• A type of sound wave

• A transverse wave

• A mechanical wave

• A disturbance that cannot travel through space

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Echo

• A sound wave that is absorbed

• A reflection of sound

• The speed of sound

• A type of light wave

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Reflection

• The bending of waves through a medium

• The bouncing back of waves

• The absorption of waves by a medium

• A change in the direction of a wave due to a medium

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Light wave

• A mechanical wave that requires a medium

• A type of electromagnetic wave

• A wave that only travels through a solid

• A longitudinal wave

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Sound

• A mechanical wave

• A type of electromagnetic radiation

• A particle moving through a medium

• A disturbance traveling through a vacuum

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