Wave Properties Vocabulary

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