Energy and Waves Crossword
Across
- 2. the material through which a wave transfer energy
- 4. the frequency of sound an object makes after it has passed you
- 7. energy traveling in transverse waves ex light, x rays, radio waves
- 10. energy created by the splitting of atoms
- 11. total kinetic energy in a system
- 12. have drifting electrons and conduct heat and energy easily
- 17. how fast sound travels through a medium depends on this
- 18. stored energy due to it's height
- 20. frequency is measured using this unit
- 22. energy wave travels in the same direction parallel to the disturbance
- 23. measured using meters per second
- 25. change in frequency caused by a moving wave source, relative to the observer
- 27. this changes the frequency of the wave
- 28. energy created by lighter elements combing to form heavier elements
- 32. energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules, like coal or food
Down
- 1. these waves don't need a medium to transfer energy
- 3. number of waves passing by a point in one second
- 5. wavelength is measured using this unit
- 6. kinetic + potential = 100% of this
- 8. energy transfer through empty space
- 9. this law of energy states it cannot be created nor destroyed
- 13. movement of energy through substances in longitudinal vibrations
- 14. energy wave travels perpendicular to the disturbance
- 15. do not have drifting electrons so they don't conduct heat well
- 16. energy of motion
- 19. the part of a wave the represents the intensity or energy of the wave
- 21. a rhythmic disturbance that carries energy through a medium
- 24. water behind a dam that is stored
- 26. energy that is stored
- 29. when water moves the turbines in a damn
- 30. the ability to cause change
- 31. frequency sound makes moving towards you