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Waves, Energy, Info
Ch. 1 & 2 Vocabulary Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| collision | two or more things bumping into each other |
| communicate | to share information |
| diagram | an illustration that shows how something works or what its parts are |
| listener | the person or animal that hears a sound |
| material | the stuff that makes up everything |
| particle | a tiny piece of material that is too small to see |
| pattern | something we observe to be similar over and over again. |
| source | the place where something comes from |
| survive | to stay alive |
| vibration | a quick, repeated back and forth movement |
| visualize | to make a picture in your mind using information from different sources |
| wave | a pattern of motion that travels away from a source. |
| energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| volume | how loud or quiet a sound is |
| pitch | how high or low a sound is |
| waveform | a curved line that shows the pattern of a wave |
| wavelength | the distance from one peak of a wave to the next |
| amplitude | how big or loud a wave is |
| model | something scientists make to answer questions about the real world |
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