GCSE Physics - Waves
Across
- 4. The unit for frequency
- 5. The speed of a wave
- 7. Device used to make a thin ray of light for experiments (3,3)
- 8. Type of EM wave used in communication (5)
- 12. Incoming wave
- 14. The maximum displacement from the resting point
- 15. The part of a longitudinal wave with particles most spread apart (11)
- 17. The stuff through which a wave travels
- 21. Type of wave where displacement is parallel to the wave motion
- 23. The part of a longitudinal wave with particles closest together (11)
- 24. The number of waves passing a point per second
Down
- 1. A wave bouncing off a boundary, eg mirror.
- 2. The distance from one peak on a wave to the same point on the next wave (10)
- 3. Type of electromagnetic wave that is used in medical imaging of the skeletal system (4)
- 6. A type of wave where displacement is perpendicular to wave motion
- 7. The change of speed of light due to change of medium, often causing direction change
- 9. Device used to measure angles (10)
- 10. The time for one complete wave to pass (4,6)
- 11. Energy that is not reflected or transmitted is __________ (8)
- 13. Type of earthquake wave that arrives first (1,4)
- 16. Device used to observe a fluctuating signal on a screen (12)
- 18. Xrays, UV and Gamma waves are dangerous because they are _____ (8)
- 19. Type of earthquake wave that arrives second (1,4)
- 20. Apparatus used to demonstrate waves in a lab (6,4)
- 22. A typical example of a longitudinal wave