Waves Unit Vocab

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