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Sound Vocabulary

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Soundproduced by a vibrating obect
Mediumwhat the sound travels through
Hertzwaves per second
Mach 1speed of sound
cpscycles per second
Midrangebetween high and low
Sonara way to check ocean depth using waves
Acoustical tiletile with holes to trap sound
Larnyxvoice box in throat
Amplifygreater sound
Echowhen a sound hits something 50 feet away and bounces back
Vibration/ Oscillationmove back and forth
Frequencyhow many waves pass per second
Longitudinal Wavea sound wave
Wooferbase on a speaker
Supersonicfaster then the speed of sound
DeciblesdB measure of sound intensity
Reverberationmultiple echoes
Octavea group of 8 notes
Pitchhigher or lower frequency
Wavelengthdistance between one wave and another wave
Compressional Waveanother name for longitudinal wave
vpsvibrations per second
Tweeterhigh notes
Unltrasonicabove human hearing
V=F x LVelocity = Frequency x Length
Acousticsscience of sound
Resonancewhen one object causes another object to vibrate the same frequency
Megaphonechanges sound
Stereomeans two
Insulatorstops sound

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