Waves project

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Across
  1. 1. When two or more waves cross at a point
  2. 4. time to complete one wave at a given point
  3. 7. a wave whose oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave's advance.
  4. 10. mirror-like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface.
  5. 13. can create waves, movement of back and forth between object
  6. 14. point where their is minimum amplitude
  7. 16. peak of a wave
  8. 20. where the wave is at, at a certain point
  9. 21. measure of the bending of a ray of light when passing from one medium into another.
  10. 25. one-dimensional space that moves with constant speed
  11. 26. the area of a wave (or Slinky) that is spread out.
  12. 28. change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media
  13. 30. range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation
  14. 33. a single disturbance that moves through a transmission medium
  15. 34. the movement of waves
  16. 35. the height of the wave
  17. 36. the distance from one point on a wave to an identical point on the next
  18. 38. rectilinear ray of light that strikes a surface
  19. 41. the angle between a reflected ray and the perpendicular to a reflecting surface drawn at the point of contact.
  20. 43. when 2 waves going directly towards each other at the same time
  21. 44. a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together
Down
  1. 2. amount of waves per second
  2. 3. when 2 waves overlap, then create one big wave
  3. 5. reflection of light or other waves or particles from a surface
  4. 6. occurs when the frequency of an applied periodic force is equal or close to a natural frequency of the system on which it acts.
  5. 8. when 2 waves cancel each other out because of interference
  6. 9. a thing that a wave travels through
  7. 11. contains light with a single wavelength.
  8. 12. relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction
  9. 15. wave a wave that is an oscillation of matter and is responsible for the transfer of energy through a medium.
  10. 17. the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence
  11. 18. spreading of waves around obstacles
  12. 19. lowest point of a wave
  13. 22. a nonpermeable or non absorbing surface
  14. 23. the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another caused by its change in speed.
  15. 24. property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations.
  16. 27. waves where the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as the direction of the traveling wave
  17. 29. a wave with a recurring ongoing pattern that regulates its wavelength and frequency
  18. 31. The angle between the normal and the ray of light
  19. 32. A ray of light or another form of radiant energy that is thrown back
  20. 37. point where there is maximum displacements
  21. 39. pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies
  22. 40. wave- a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space
  23. 42. lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.