Parts of a Wave
Vocabulary
Do you hear what I hear
What is sound anyways
Name that Holiday Tune
100

What is the distance between 2 waves called

Wavelength

100

This is another term for how high or low a note is

Pitch

100

Increase Frequency would do what to the wavelength

Lower it

100
In order for something to produce a sound, it must do this

Vibrate

100

In the song, 12 days of christmas, what bird was gifted on the 7th day

7 swans a swimming

200

This the measure of a height of a wave

Amplitude

200

In this type of wave, the waves moves up or down

Transverse

200

Decreasing the pitch of a note would do this to the note

Lower it

200

Increasing the amplitude of a sound would make it what?

Louder

200

This musician makes over 3 million dollars a year just from streaming one famous holiday song

Mariah Carey, All I want from Christmas is you

300

This is how many sound waves pass at a given time

Frequency

300

When it snows, the sounds around you seem quieter because snow does what to sound

Absorb it

300

Sound cannot move through this

Outer space

300

Sound is a form of this. Light and electricity are also this

Energy

300

Besides Dasher, Donner, and Blitzen, and cupid, Prancer, and Vixen. And Rudolf. What was the name of Santa's other reindeer

Comet

400

In a longitudinal wave, this is when air molecules are pushed together

Compression

400

You can hear echos in a cave because the cave walls do this to sound

Reflect it

400

Sound is known as this type of wave

Mechanical

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Sound recording studios often has this on the walls to prevent extra sounds from being recorded

Foam on the walls

400

What happens to whatever the Heat Meiser touches

It melts in his clutch

500

In a longitudinal wave, this is when the air molecules spread apart

Rarefaction

500
We can hear Mr. VanLaar in our classroom because his sound waves can do what through our walls

Transmit

500

A sound travels best through this state of matter, solid, liquid or gas

solid

500

This is the measure of how loud a sound can be (not amplitude)

Decibel

500

In walking in a winter wonderland, what do they pretend is the name of the snowman

Parson Brown

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