Wave Properties Vocabulary
Across
- 2. How many waves go past a point in one second.
- 8. When the particles of a longitudinal wave are close together.
- 9. A wave in which the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave.
- 11. The highest point on a transverse wave.
- 12. When the particles of a longitudinal wave are far apart.
- 13. When a wave bends.
- 14. Another name for a compressional wave
- 15. A wave that requires a medium to travel.
- 16. Measurement of frequency
- 17. The lowest point on a transverse wave.
Down
- 1. How far the medium moves from rest position
- 3. A wave that does not require a medium to travel, for example, it can travel through a vacuum.
- 4. The bending of waves around an object.
- 5. The capacity to do work.
- 6. A wave in which the medium moves back and forth in the same direction as the wave.
- 7. Distance between one point on a wave and the exact same place on the next wave.
- 10. A disturbance that carries energy from one place to another.
- 12. When a wave bounces off a surface.