Unit 4 Waves of Sound Vocabulary

To move something from one place to another

• vibrate

• investigate

• transport

• transfer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

A description of how something works or why something happens

• explanation

• description

• inference

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The highness or lowness of a sound

• wavelength

• volume

• pitch

• amplitude

A tiny piece of material that is too small to see

• material

• particle

• wave

• wavelength

Two or more things bumping into each other

• explanation

• collision

• friction

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

To make a picture in your mind using information from different sources

• communicate

• describe

• visualize

• investigate

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

To share information

• communicate

• investigate

• vibrate

• inform

The loudness or softness of a sound

• volume

• wavelength

• energy

• pitch

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The distance from one peak of a wave to the next

• particle

• wavelength

• energy

• amplitude

The ability to make things move or change is called:

• visualize

• wavelength

• energy

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5