Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Parts of a Wave
Sound and Waves
Sound
100

Where energy comes from

Source

100

How loud or quiet a sound is

Volume

100

When sound waves have different amplitudes, we hear sounds with...

Different volumes

100

True or False: Waves are a pattern of motion that transfer energy

True

100

True or False: You can see sound waves

False

200

Something we observe to be similar over and over again

Pattern

200

The curved line that shows the pattern of a wave

Waveform

200

The highest point of a wave is called

Crest/Peak

200

Low pitch is caused by...

Long wavelengths
200

Sound energy travels as a...

Wave

300

A tiny piece of material that is too small to see

Particle

300

What does a wave carry from place to place?

Energy

300

When sound waves have different wavelengths, we hear sounds with...

Different pitches

300

High pitches are caused by...

Short wavelengths

300

Sound energy travels _______ from the source.

Away

400

What happens when particles collide?

Transfer energy

400

How high or low a sound is

Pitch

400

The distance from the top of one wave to another is called...

Wavelength

400

How large or small a wave is

Amplitude

400

What happens when particles collide in sound waves?

Energy is transferred from one particle to the next

500

Back and forth movement of something

Vibration

500

Something must ____ to make a sound.

Vibrate

500

What material has particles that are spread out?

Air/Gases

500

What can sound travel through?

Solids, liquids, and gasses/any material

500

How do dolphin calves know when their mother is communicating with them?

They have signature whistles

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