Chapter 15 Vocab Words

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Across
  1. 5. makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction that the wave travels.
  2. 6. the number of wave lengths that pass by in a second
  3. 7. a wave that can travel through empty space and through matter.
  4. 8. bouncing of a wave off a surface
  5. 10. The regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles are furthest apart.
  6. 13. a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.
  7. 14. change in direction of a wave
  8. 16. when a wave is reflected from a surface
  9. 17. The lowest points on transverse waves.
  10. 18. A wave that can only travel through matter.
Down
  1. 1. when waves overlap or combine forming a new wave
  2. 2. a wave that travels by the edge of an object or through an opening
  3. 3. disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.
  4. 4. Regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together.
  5. 9. passage of light through an object
  6. 11. distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave
  7. 12. transfer of energy by a wave to the medium through which it travels
  8. 15. maximum distance that a wave moves from it's resting point
  9. 18. A material in which a wave travels.
  10. 19. The highest points on a transverse wave.