Sound Vocabulary Review

A change that carries energy from place to another is a wave.

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The matter through which a wave travels is called pitch.

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A wavelength is the distance between the resting point and a crest or trough.

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Volume is how loud or soft a sound.

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The crest is a low point of a wave.

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Frequency means to move back and forth quickly.

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The number of crests or troughs of a wave that pass by over a certain amount of time is the frequency.

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Pitch refers to how high or low a sound is.

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The distance between one crest or trough to the next on a wave is called the wavelength.

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The period is the time between wave crests - inverse of frequency.

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