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4th Grade Science
Harcourt - Unit E, Chapter 3 - Sound
| Vocabulary Wrod | Definition |
|---|---|
| sound | A series of vibrations you can hear. |
| compression | The part of a sound wave in which air is pushed together. |
| sound wave | A moving pattern of high and low pressure that you can hear. |
| amplitude | A measure of the strength of a sound wave; shown by height on a wave diagram. |
| wavelength | The distance from one compression to the next in a sound wave. |
| loudness | Your perception of the amount of sound energy reaching your ears. |
| pitch | A measure of how high or low a sound is. |
| speed of sound | The speed at which a sound wave travels through given material. |
| echo | A sound reflection |
| sonic boom | A shock wave of compressed sound waves produced by an object moving faster than sound. |