Sound Waves Key Words Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• vibration: a back and forth repeating motion.
• pitch: how high or low a sound is.
• wavelength: distance between two of the same points on a wave.
• auditory: _ range, the lowest and highest frequencies that a type of animal can hear.
• frequency: the number of waves per second.
• volume: how loud or quiet a sound is in decibels.
• absorbed: when energy is transferred from sound to a material.
• longitudinal: where the direction of vibration is the same as the direction of the wave.
• oscilloscope: a device that is used to create an image of a sound wave.
• amplitude: the height of a wave.
• echo: a reflection of a sound.
• solid: the medium which sound travels through the fastest, as particles are closest together.
• gas: the medium which sound travels through slowest, as particles are furthest apart.
• pinna: the outermost part of the ear, that funnels sound waves into the ear canal.
• cochlea: the structure of the ear that converts a vibration into an electrical signals.
• light: a type of wave that is faster than a sound wave.
• vacuum: a space with no particles in it.