Wave Puzzle
Across
- 2. the displacement of a medium caused by two or more waves is the algebraic sum of the displacements caused by the individual waves
- 5. the change in direction of the wave front at the the boundary between two different media such that the wave returns into the medium from which it originated
- 9. the number of wave patterns per second
- 10. waves that cause the particles in a medium to vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave
- 12. the point of zero displacement in a standing wave, produced by the destructive interference of waves
- 13. waves that causes the particles in a medium to vibrate parallel and perpendicular to the direction of the wave
- 15. two waves interfere with one another and combine to make a larger composite wave
- 17. the point of maximum displacement in a standing wave, produced by the constructive interference of wave
- 18. the process by which a wave spreads out as a result of encountering a narrow aperture or boundary edge
Down
- 1. maximum displacement from the equilibrium position
- 3. the pattern created within a medium when the vibrational frequency causes some points in the medium to be standing still
- 4. two waves interfere with one another and combine to make a smaller compsite wave
- 6. waves that cause the particles in a medium to vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave
- 7. distance between points where the wave pattern repeats itself
- 8. the shortest time interval during the wave pattern repeats itself
- 11. the change of wave direction at the boundary between two media
- 14. high point of the wave
- 16. low point of the wave