Amplify-Waves Unit Vocabulary

a pattern of motion that travels away from a source

• wave

• amplitude

• trough

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a tiny piece of material that is too small to see

• wave

• model

• particle

• source

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

to try to learn more about something

• vibration

• investigate

• collision

• claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

two or more things bumping into each other

• wavelength

• amplitude

• particle

• collide

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

the peak of a wave

• crest

• energy

• vibrate

• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• energy

• model

• particle

• visualize

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

a description of how something works or why something happens

• collision

• vibrate

• explanation

• crest

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the lowest point on a wave

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

the stuff that makes up everything

• material

• amplitude

• wave

• source

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

to move back and forth quickly

• communication

• amplitude

• wave

• vibrate