Chapter 5 (Waves) Vocabulary

Longitudinal Waves that can only travel through matter.

• Echo

• Sound Wave

• Resonance

• Amplitude

A rapid, back-and-forth motion that occur in solids, liquids, or gases.

• Frequency

• Doppler Effect

• Vibration

• Sound Wave

The amount of sound energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second

• Frequency

• Acoustics

• Sonar

• Intensity

The greater the __________, the louder the sound.

• Pitch

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Sonar

The perception of how low or high a sound seems

• Acoustics

• Doppler Effect

• Echo

• Pitch

The higher the ________, the higher the pitch.

• Resonance

• Amplitude

• Vibration

• Frequency

The change of pitch when a sound source is moving in relation to the person hearing the sound.

(think of an ambulance's sound)

• Doppler Effect

• Echolocation

• Intensity

• Resonance

An increase in amplitude that occurs when an object vibrating at its natural frequency absorbs energy from a nearby object vibrating at the same frequency

• Echo

• Echolocation

• Resonance

• Sonar

A reflected sound wave

• Sonar

• Doppler Effect

• Vibration

• Echo

A collection of reflected sounds (echos) from the surfaces in a closed space.

• Acoustics

• Intensity

• Echolocation

• Reverberation