Electromagnetic Waves Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. The range of all types of all types of elctromagnetic radiaton, including visable light
  2. 5. A disturbance that transfers energy through space or matter
  3. 6. The number of waves that pass a point in one second
  4. 9. A type of wave where the disturbance moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave
  5. 11. The region in a longitudinal wave where the particless are closest together
  6. 12. A type of electromagnetic radiaton that is visable to the human eye
  7. 13. The highest point of a wave
  8. 14. A type of wave where the disturbance moves parallel to the direction of the wave
  9. 15. The process by which a wave is absorbed by a material and coverted to energy
Down
  1. 1. The bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another
  2. 2. light The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visable to the human eye
  3. 3. A transparent object that refracts light to converge or diverge beams
  4. 5. The distance between successive crests or troughs in a wave
  5. 7. The region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread far apart
  6. 8. The height of a wave from its rest position, related to the enrgy of the wave
  7. 9. The lowest point of a wave
  8. 10. The bouncing back of a wave whne it hits a surface