SOUND vocabulary

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a sound reflection
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the distance from one compression to the next in a sound wave
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the part of a sound wave in which air is pushed together
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your perception of the amount of sound energy reaching your ear
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a measure of the strength of a sound wave; it is shown by height on a wave diagram
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a series of vibrations that you can hear
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the speed at which a sound wave travels through a given material
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moving patterns of high and low pressure that you can hear
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a shock wave of compressed sound waves produced by an object moving faster than sound
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a measure of how high or low a sound is