Sound Vocabulary

moving area of high and low pressure

• sound

• compression

• sound waves

• loudness

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a series of vibrations that you can hear

• sound

• compression

• sound waves

• loudness

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a measure of the sound energy hitting your ear

• sound

• compression

• sound waves

• loudness

an area where air is pushed together

• sound

• compression

• sound waves

• loudness

a measure of how high or low a sound is

• echo

• pitch

• speed of sound

• compression

the speed at which sound waves travel

• echo

• pitch

• speed of sound

• sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a sound reflection

• sound

• compression

• pitch

• echo

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a shock wave produced by an object traveling faster than the speed of sound

• sonic boom

• echo

• pitch

• compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a back and forth movement

• echo

• vibration

• sound

• pitch

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

small bit that makes up matter

• piece

• pitch

• particles

• echo

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5