Vocabulary
To change shape when force is applied
What is deform?
In order for something to start vibrating, this must be applied.
What is a force?
As particles of a medium interact with each other, this energy of motion is transferring from particle to particle.
What is kinetic energy?
In our unit phenomenon, this was seen vibrating after a truck speaker started to play.
What is a window?
This Broadway musical was made into a movie in 2024.
What is Wicked?
when an object moves back and forth very quickly
What is vibrate or vibration?
This is said to be happening when a sound source is moving back and forth.
What is vibrating?
A type of wave in which energy transfers in certain patterns of compression across a medium and detected by the ear.
What is a sound wave?
Hearing loss might be caused due to high pitched sounds or this.
What are loud sounds?
This type of instrument was played by Neanderthals and is the oldest musical instrument known to exist.
What is a flute?
In a graph, the measure of the distance between the midpoint and the highest or lowest point
What is amplitude?
As the sound source deforms more, it causes this property of a sound to increase
What is the loudness?
This is the specific interaction which explains how energy transfers from particle to particles across a medium.
What is a collision or hit?
This is the hollow space of the ear where the medium enters the ear.
What is the ear canal?
This song about plants was the most streamed song of 2023.
What is Flowers (by Miley Cyrus)?
In a graph, the measure of how many times a wavelength repeats itself in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
A harp has strings of many different lengths. String of this length produce the highest pitch.
What are short strings?
We used this interactive tool/strategy to visualize how the particles of a medium move when something nearby starts to vibrate.
What is a simulation?
The ear and parts of the ear canal are an important part of sound, but signals are sent to this organ, which interprets the sound.
What is the brain?
This is the largest instrument of a standard orchestra
What is the upright or double bass?
a substance that energy can travel through
What is a medium?
This was the largest object we read about that is known to actually vibrate
What is the moon?
A medium is made of this, defined as something that has mass and takes up space
What is matter (or particles or molecules)
In the ear, this is the part that both shares its name with a musical instrument and that vibrates.
What is the ear drum?
This is the best selling album of all time.
What is Thriller (by Michael Jackson)?