Waves
Across
- 5. another name for a longitudinal wave
- 6. the amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point
- 8. the amount of energy carried by a wave
- 11. lowest point of a transverse wave
- 12. a type of mechanical wave
- 13. period is measured in this unit
- 15. in transverse wave, amplitude is measured by the _____ of the wave
- 18. the number of waves that pass a given point in 1 second
- 19. the unit that frequency is measured in
- 21. a wave that can only transfer energy through a medium
- 23. where particles are pulled apart in a longitudinal wave
Down
- 1. the distance between one point of a wave and the nearest point just like it
- 2. a type of electromagnetic wave
- 3. where particles are pushed together in a longitudinal wave
- 4. wavelength is measure in this unit
- 7. waves that can transfer energy through space
- 9. matter through which a wave travels through
- 10. the lower the frequency the ____ the wavelength
- 14. the higher the frequency the ____ the wavelength
- 16. a wave where matter travels at right angles to the direction the wave is traveling
- 17. highest point of a transverse wave
- 20. a rhythmic disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space
- 22. a wave where the medium moves back and forth in the same direction the wave is traveling