Sound Vocabulary

the distance

between the

resting point and

a crest or trough

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• electricity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a high

point of

a wave

• amplitude

• crest

• medium

• frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the number of crests

or troughs of a wave

that pass by over a

certain amount of

time

• instrument

• tune

• frequency

• sound

the matter

through which

a wave travels

• frequency

• crest

• medium

• sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a form of energy

that travels as

waves through

matter

• frequency

• vibrate

• sound

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

to move back

and forth

quickly

• vibrate

• trough

• frequency

• sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a low point

of a wave

• vibrate

• pitch

• trough

• sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

how loud

or soft a

sound is

• wave

• volume

• period

• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a change that

carries energy

from one place

to another

• wavelength

• wave

• frequency

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the distance

between one

crest or trough

to the next on a

wave

• wave

• period

• wavelength

• peak