Waves
Across
- 3. When waves overlap, combine, form a new wave.
- 5. The highest points on a transverse wave.
- 10. The regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together.
- 12. Change in direction of a wave when it travels by the edge of an object or through an opening.
- 13. A material in which a wave travels.
- 15. A wave that can travel only through matter.
- 17. When a wave is reflected from a surface, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence.
- 19. The distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave.
- 20. The bouncing of a wave off a surface.
Down
- 1. A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.
- 2. A wave that can travel through empty space and through matter.
- 4. The regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart.
- 6. A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.
- 7. The transfer of energy by a wave to the medium through which it travels.
- 8. Makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction that the wave travels.
- 9. The change in direction of a wave that occurs as the wave changes speed when moving from one medium to another.
- 11. The passage of light through an object.
- 14. The lowest points on a transverse wave.
- 16. The maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position.
- 18. The number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second.