Science Vocabulary Terms
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| Vibration | A back-and-fourth motion.
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| Sound Wave | A vibration that spreads away from a vibrating object.
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| Compression | The part of a sound wave where the molecules are crowded together.
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| Rarefaction | The part of a sound wave where molecules are spread apart.
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| Hertz | A unit for measuring frequency.
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| Decibel | A unit that measures loudness.
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| Reflection | The bouncing of a sound wave off of a surface.
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| Absorption | The disappearance of a sound wave into a surface.
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| Echo | A reflected sound wave.
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| Resonance | In an instrument or object, a unique blend of fundamental frequency and its overtones. When an external force vibrates at the same frequency, a build up of that resonance can occur.
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| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space.
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| Pitch | How high or low a sound is.
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| Frequency | The number of times an object vibrates per second.
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| Echolocation | Finding an object using reflected sound.
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| Doppler Effect | The change in frequency (and pitch) as a source of sound moves toward or away from you.
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| Quality | The difference you hear between two sounds of the same loudness and pitch.
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| Overtones | One of a series of pitches that blend to give a sound its quality.
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| Volume | The loudness or softness of a sound.
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