Waves Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a unit of frequency
  2. 6. ratio between two physical quantities
  3. 9. lowest part of the wave
  4. 11. The time it takes for two successive crests
  5. 13. wave a wave vibrating in the direction of propagation
  6. 15. a wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of its propagation
  7. 17. how often a recurring event as wave occurs
  8. 18. the maximum extent of a vibration
  9. 19. description of the frequency of the sound
  10. 20. vibration that propagates an acoustic wave
Down
  1. 1. the spreading of waves around obstacles
  2. 2. maximum value of upward displacement in
  3. 4. the troughs of the wave
  4. 5. region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together
  5. 7. how loud or soft a sound seems to a listener
  6. 8. electromagnetic radiation detected by eye
  7. 10. an expression of the orientation of the lines of electric flux in an electromagnetic field
  8. 12. distance between identical points
  9. 14. the speed at which a wave travels
  10. 16. the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another caused by its change in speed