Light and Sound Vocabulary

The energy an object has because of it's position or condition

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• wave

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

A disturbance that carries energy such as sound or light, through matter or space

• volume

• pitch

• wave

• medium

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Back and forth movements of an object

• wave

• volume

• frequency

• vibration

The highness or lowness of a sound

• volume

• pitch

• frequency

• medium

The bouncing of light waves when they encounter an obstacle

• opaque

• refraction

• echo

• reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Allows light to pass through

• translucent

• transparent

• opaque

• medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The way in which sound waves travel. This carries sound waves.

• medium

• volume

• pitch

• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Allows only some light to pass through

• translucent

• transparent

• medium

• opaque

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-2

The bending of light waves as they pass from one material to another

• reflection

• opaque

• refraction

• echo

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a form of energy that can travel through space

• light

• volume

• waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2