Chapter 15 Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles
  2. 5. Wave a wave that can travel through empty space and through matter
  3. 7. a wave that is the maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position
  4. 10. the regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together
  5. 11. the distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave
  6. 13. the bouncing of a wave off of a surface
  7. 14. the lowest points on a transverse wave
  8. 15. the highest points on a transverse wave
  9. 16. the number of wavelenghts that pass by a point each second
  10. 17. wave is a wave that can only travel through matter
  11. 18. Wave is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels
  12. 19. Wave makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction that the wave travels
Down
  1. 1. the transfer of energy by a wave to the medium from which it travels
  2. 3. the change in direction of a wave that occurs when a wave changes speed when moving from one medium to another
  3. 4. the passage of light through an object
  4. 6. is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter
  5. 8. the change in direction of a wave when it travels by the edge of an aboject or through an opening
  6. 9. whean a wave is reflected from a surface, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence
  7. 12. occurs when waves that overlap combing, forming a new wave