Sound vocabulary

The height of a wave from its resting position to the crest

• amplitude

• wavelength

• compression

• trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

the area of a wave where the particles of the medium are the closest together

• trough

• crest

• compression

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the highest point in the wave

• trough

• crest

• hertz

• sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener

• echo

• wave

• sound

• reflection

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

measures the number of wave cycles, or frequency of the wave, passing through a given point in one second

• echo

• opaque

• pitch

• hertz

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye

• light

• radio wave

• transverse wave

• wavelength

a wave in which the particles of a medium move parallel tot he direction of the wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• seismic wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a disturbance that travels through a medium (solid, liquid, gas) transferring energy without transferring the medium itself

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• radio wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

not able to be seen through; not transparent

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• light

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the perceived frequency of sound, determining how high or low a sound is

• pitch

• volume

• hertz

• wavelength