Light & Sound Vocabulary

The back and forth motion

• vibration

• pitch

Sound travels through

• space

• mediums

The number of vibrations in a given time.

• Frequency

• Pitch

The highness or lowness of sound.

• Pitch

• Frequency

The height of a sound wave.

• Pitch

• Amplitude

How loud a sound is perceived.

• Pitch

• Volume

A form of energy that lets you see objects.

• Light

• Sound

The bouncing of light off a surface.

• Reflection

• Refraction

The bending of a wave as it changes angle passing from one substance into another.

• Reflection

• Refraction

When light passes through this lens it spreads outward.

• Concave

• Convex