16311654880 | REFLECTION | Energy waves bouncing off surface of an object (mirrors or echoes return energy back to their source) | 0 | |
16311654881 | ECHO | Reflected sound wave | 1 | |
16311654882 | LOUDNESS | Characteristic of sound produced by amplitude (intensity) of sound wave. | 2 | |
16311654883 | PITCH | Perceived highness and lowness of a sound, depending on frequency of the waves | 3 | |
16311654884 | FREQUENCY | Number of vibrations occurring in a 1 second interval | 4 | |
16311654885 | COMPRESSION | Part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together | 5 | |
16311654886 | RAREFACTION | Part in a longitudinal wave where particles are spread apart | 6 | |
16311654887 | INTERFERENCE | When two waves meet while traveling along same medium | 7 | |
16311654888 | DIFFRACTION | Occurs when an object causes a wave to change direction and bends around it | 8 | |
16311654889 | SPEED OF SOUND | depends on state of matter and temperature of medium | 9 | |
16311654890 | AMPLITUDE | Loudness, for a wave, measures energy in a wave | 10 | |
16311654891 | LONGITUDINAL (Compressional) WAVE | Wave that causes particles of medium to vibrate parallel to direction the wave travels | 11 | |
16311654892 | VIBRATION | Repeated back and forth or up and down motion. | 12 | |
16311654893 | HERTZ | unit of frequency | 13 | |
16311654894 | MEDIUM | Substance through which a wave can travel (Railroad workers put their ear to track to listen for oncoming trains) | 14 | |
16311654896 | High pitch | High frequency | 15 | |
16311654897 | Low Pitch | Low frequency | 16 | |
16311654898 | Increase in frequency | Caused by decrease in wavelength | 17 | |
16311654899 | Doppler Effect | A change in sound frequency caused by motion of the sound source, motion of the listener, or both. | 18 | |
16311654900 | sound | A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave; caused by vibrations | 19 | |
16311654901 | mechanical wave | a wave that requires a medium through which to travel | 20 |
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