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Sound waves
6.P.1.3 sound waves
Term | Definition |
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Sound | created by vibrations that produce waves of energy that move through matter |
Vibration | back and forth movement, that causes sound |
Sound wave | a longitudinal wave that is caused by vibration traveling through a medium |
Doppler Effect | the change in pitch (frequency) as a sound gets closer to you |
Echo | a reflected sound wave |
Echolocation | the finding of an object using reflected sound |
Pitch | measures how high or low a sound is (determined by frequency) |
Hertz | unit measuring pitch |
Decibels | unit measuring loudness |
Loudness | measures how well a sound can be heard (determined by amplitude) |
Mechanical Waves | waves that need a medium to travel (example: sounds waves & earthquake waves) |