Vocab
Across
- 2. makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction to the wave
- 6. travels only through matter
- 8. a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to the other
- 9. number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second
- 12. can travel through empty space and through matter
Down
- 1. maximum distance particles in a medium move from their rest position as waves pass through the medium
- 3. disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of the wave
- 4. region of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together
- 5. region of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farther apart
- 7. distance from one point to the same point on the next wave
- 10. the highest point on a transverse wave
- 11. material in which a mechanical waves travel
- 13. lowest point on a transverse wave
- 14. ability to cause change