Waves Unit Vocab
Across
- 2. the number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second.
- 6. a wave in which matter in the medium moves back and forth like an ocean wave
- 9. the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it
- 10. bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another
- 13. when two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave
- 14. another word for a compression wave
Down
- 1. energy transferred by a wave
- 3. a wave in which matter moves back and forth along the same direction that the wave travels in the medium.
- 4. when an object causes a wave to change direction and bend around it
- 5. the amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point.
- 7. a repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space.
- 8. high points of a transverse wave
- 11. low points of a transverse wave
- 12. the matter the wave travels through