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Sound
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vibration | A back-and-forth motion |
| Sound Wave | An area of bunched-up and spread-out particles that move outward in all direction from vibration |
| Echo | A repetition of a sound produced by reflection of a sound wave from a surface |
| Wave Length | The distance from the top of one wave to the top of the next |
| Frequency | The number wavelengths that pass a reference point in a given amount of time |
| Pitch | The highness or lowness of a sound as determined by its frequency |
| Amplitude | The energy in a sound wave |
| Volume | The loudness or softness of a sound |