Waves Final Exam Crossword

2. When a wave (like light) travels through a medium.
3. The height of a wave, measured from its resting point to the crest or trough.
6. The repeated back-and-forth movement of an atom.
9. Waves Waves that travel through the Earth, causing vibrations, like earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
10. The highest point of a wave
12. How many complete waves pass a specific point in one second.
16. The process where a wave's energy is transferred to a material and converted into another form, such as heat, rather than being reflected or transmitted.
18. A substance that can transmit energy. May include air, water, glass, and metal.
19. The process where a wave changes direction when it encounters an obstacle or irregularity in the medium it's traveling through.
21. When a wave bounces back after hitting a boundary or surface.
23. A type of wave where the particles of the medium move back and forth in the same direction as the wave travels.

1. A space that is almost completely devoid of matter, specifically air or other gases.
2. Waves a wave where the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.
4. The highest point or peak of the wave
5. The part of a wave where molecules are spread out.
7. Something allows some light to pass through, but not enough for you to see clearly through it.
8. Light the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see.
11. Allows light to pass through it
13. The spreading out of waves as they pass through an aperture or around objects
14. How high or low a sound is, determined by its frequency.
15. Waves vibrations that travel through a medium like air, water, or solids, transmitting energy from one place to another.
17. The distance between two corresponding points on consecutive waves.
20. The lowest point on a wave or a depression between higher points.
22. Wave a form of electromagnetic radiation that carry energy, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion.