Physics Chapter 12 Crossword
Across
- 2. Harmonic Motion vibration about an equilibrium position in which a restoring force is proportional to the displacement of equilibrium
- 3. wave a wave whose particles vibrate perpendicular to the diresction of wave motion
- 4. wave a wave that propagates through a deformable elastic medium
- 8. that material through which a disturbance travels
- 12. the maximum displacement from equilibrium
- 13. Interference interference in which individual displacements on the same side of the equilibrium position are added together to form the resultant wave
- 16. the # of cycles or vibrations per unit of time
- 18. constant a parameter that expresses how resistant a spring is to being compressed or stretched
- 19. a point in a standing wave that always undergoes complete destructive interference and therefore is stationary
- 20. a point in a standing wave, halfway between 2 nodes at which the largest amplitude occurs
- 21. the time it takes to execute a complete cycle of motion
Down
- 1. the distance between 2 adjacent similar points of the wave, such as from crest to crest or from trough to trough
- 2. wave a wave pattern that results when 2 waves of the same frequency wavelength and amplitude travel in opposite directions and interfere
- 3. The lowest point below the equilibrium position
- 5. force force exerted by a material when it is stretched or compressed
- 6. the region of a longitudinal wave in whicj the density and pressure are greater than normal
- 7. interference interference in which individual displacement is on opposite sides of the equilibrium position are added together to form the resultant wave
- 9. wave a wave whose particles vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion
- 10. the region of a longitudinal wave in which the density and pressure are less than normal
- 11. wave a single non periodic disturbance
- 14. a condition that exists when the frequency of a force applied to a system matches the natural frequency of vibration of the system
- 15. wave a wave whose source is some form of periodic motion
- 17. the highest point above the equilibrium position