Waves
Across
- 3. Information that has been changed into a form computers can easily use.
- 5. The part of a wave that is farthest above its resting position.
- 7. A signal that changes smoothly rather than using separate values.
- 8. Two ways radio stations can change a wave to carry information.
- 13. A measurement that can tell you how strong a wave is.
- 17. The part of a wave that is farthest below its resting position.
- 18. When a material takes in some of the energy carried by a wave.
- 19. A wave in which particles move at a right angle to the direction the wave travels.
- 20. Waves that travel through a body of water and cause particles to move mostly up and down.
- 22. Thin strands that can use light to carry information over long distances.
- 24. The number of complete wave patterns that pass a certain location in a given amount of time.
- 25. The matter that allows certain waves to travel.
- 26. A wave pattern with one basic repeating shape.
- 28. Devices that can exchange information without a physical cable by using radio waves.
- 30. Describes a material that blocks light from passing through.
- 31. What happens when a wave travels through a material instead of being blocked or bounced back.
Down
- 1. A repeating disturbance that carries energy from one location to another.
- 2. A type of signal that has only two possible values.
- 4. A wave that needs matter around it in order to travel.
- 6. Describes a material that allows you to see clearly through it.
- 9. A substance that a wave can travel through or interact with.
- 10. The use of electronic devices and networks to work with information.
- 11. A type of electromagnetic wave commonly used to send information wirelessly.
- 12. Amplitude = Brightness & Frequency = Color For this type of wave, one property affects how bright it appears while another affects its color.
- 14. A type of wave that does not need matter to travel through.
- 15. The process of changing information into a signal and later changing it back.
- 16. A wave in which particles move back and forth along the same direction the wave travels.
- 20. The distance between matching points on two neighboring waves.
- 21. Waves produced by vibrations that allow us to hear.
- 23. What happens when a wave encounters a surface and changes direction by bouncing back.
- 27. A signal that uses separate, distinct values instead of a continuous change.
- 29. Describes a material that lets some light through, but makes things on the other side look blurry.