Combined Science GCSE
Sound
What Sound means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Sound
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Reference: AQA
A wave travelling through a medium, so its speed depends on the medium and on temperature rather than being a universal constant.
Topics that use Sound
- Speed (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average speed
- Average speed in context
- Consistent units
- Constant speed
- Distance
- Distance-time graph
- distance–time graph
- Equation rearrangement
Using Sound in the exam
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