waves vocab
Across
- 4. the bending of a wave around a object
- 5. particles in the medium move back and forth.
- 9. a object vibrates by absorbing energy.
- 10. the number of wavelengths that pass a point each second.
- 11. the size of a disturbance from a wave.
- 12. a matter through which a wave travels.
- 13. the more dense region of a longitudinal wave.
- 16. the distance from one point and a point just like it.
- 18. matter in the medium move back and forth on the same line as the wave.
Down
- 1. waves that can only travel through matter.
- 2. wave created when molecules in the air are pushed together.
- 3. the process of multiple waves overlapping
- 6. the less dense region of a longitudinal wave.
- 7. the amount of time it takes for a wave to pass a point.
- 8. the bending of a wave
- 14. the high point in a transverse wave.
- 15. wave when wavelengths equal
- 16. a repeating disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.
- 17. the low points in a transverse wave.
- 19. a back and fourth movement