Seismic Sound Light Water Waves

One important characteristic of sound waves is that they are ___________________ waves.

• mechanical

• short

• ultraviolet

• primary

Sound waves must travel through ___________________.

• air

• a medium

• an outward area

• a short

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Sound waves can NOT travel through

• Air

• Water

• Earth

• space

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the source of a sound wave?

• Electricity

• Vibration

• Light waves

• Tiny nuclear explosions

If there is a loud noise in space, the sound travels through

• the space particles

• small atoms in space

• space is a vacuum, so nothing

Low frequency = _______ Pitch

• Low
• High

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

High frequency = _______ Pitch

• High
• Low

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A sounds high or low pitch depends on the waves ______________

• frequency
• amplitude

wave height

• frequency

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

changes based on frequency (lower vs higher)

• pitch

• volume

• frequency

• wavelength