Sound Vocabulary Lesson 1

• ​Well, I know it is the opposite of quiet.

• ​Does it have anything to do with noise?

• ​I know my teacher says they don't want to hear a sound...

​energy created by waves from vibrations of matter, how high or low a sound is (the greater the frequency - vibrations per second - the higher the pitch)

• ​Do you have good vibrations?

• When you vibe well with someone it means that you are both creating similar emotion/thought vibrations

• Now let's think about science.

• What does vibration mean in science?​

the act of moving quickly back and forth

• What happens when a sponge soaks everything up?

• ​Do you soak up all the knowledge I give you?

• ​What happens when you go out in a ​torrential downpour?

• ​Yep.

• ​Soaked.

• ​Did you absorb it?

​take in

​that's it - this is a simple one!

• ​Hmmm... This makes me think of E.T. when he was trying to phone home. He needed to transmit a signal. ​

​go through

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​E.T. wanted his signal to go through to his home.

​Here are some definitions of volume:

• ​a book forming part of a work or series

• ​the amount of space that a substance or object occupies

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Those aren't what we need!!

​This isn't reading or math, it is SCIENCE!!

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​the strength or loudness of a sound wave -- measured in decibels

How we hear amplitude! How loud or soft a sound is.

• ​How do sounds get to us?

• ​What do you think?

​Energy from a vibration that travels in series of compressions (like waves)

• That's what size I wear!

• Something that is in a middle position?

• ​Someone who can speak to the dead​?

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Nope! This is another definition!​

• ​Not the thing to clean the floor

• ​Not the brother who eats all the food at dinner

• But, it does have something to do with being empty

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​Think about what vacuums do, and what the brother does when he eats all the food. The vacuums take all the dirt and things out of the carpet. And the brother devours everything, leaving nothing.

​area with no matter (sound cannot travel through)

• ​Not when the pitcher throws the ball

• ​Not like the pitch of a roof

• ​Not like the pitch that is the turf on a football field.

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​This one is has to do with sound. Did you ever talk about pitch in music c​lass?