Scientific Method
an educated guess based on research
What is a hypothesis?
light travels as a
What is a wave?
sound is a
What is a wave?
waves transfer this
What is energy?
all instruments create sound through
What is a vibration?
unit for measuring sound
What is a decibel?
looking for background information
What is research?
light is a type of this
What is energy?
sound travels fastest in this type of matter
What is a solid?
distance from the equilibrium to the top of the crest
What is amplitude?
produces sound when struck with a pick or mallet
What is percussion?
solid, liquid, gas
What are the states of matter?
information collected during an experiment
What is data?
light travels the fastest in this
What is a vacuum?
sound travels the slowest in
What is a gas?
unit for measuring frequency
What is a Hertz?
produces a sound when a string is plucked or bowed
What is string?
is responsible for a waves loudness
What is amplitude?
comparing data to the hypothesis
What is analyzing?
the type of light that we can see
What is the visible light spectrum?
sounds needs a _________ to travel
What is a medium?
the top of a wave
What is the crest?
produces a sound when air is blown through one end of the column
What is a wind?
responsible for a sounds pitch
What is frequency?
a prediction based on data
What is an inference?
light is this type of wave
What is transverse?
sound is this type of wave
What is longitudinal?
distance between two crests or troughs
What is the wavelength?
a blend of different musical pitches created through interference
What is sound quality?
is calculated as frequency times wavelength
What is the speed?