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dc 24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 determined by frequency |
| Hertz | Unit measuring pitch |
| Decibels | Unit measuring loudness |
| Loudness | Measures how much sound can be heard determined by amplitude |
| Mechanical waves | Waves that need a medium to travel sound waves and earthquake waves |