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4E Ch 3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| loudness | a measure of the amount of sound energy reaching your ear |
| sonic boom | a shock wave of compressed sound waves produced by an object moving faster than sound |
| speed of sound | the speed at which a sound wave travels through a given material |
| echo | a sound reflection |
| pitch | a measure of how high or low a sound is |
| sound | a series of vibrations that you can hear |
| sound wave | a moving pattern of high and low pressure that you can hear |
| compression | the part of a sound wave in which air is pushed together |