Waves Vocab
Across
- 3. the transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it
- 5. the material will allow light to pass through it but objects on the other side will not be clearly seen
- 7. highest point of the wave
- 10. the change in the direction of a wave passing from one medium to another
- 11. half the vertical distance from the crest to the trough
- 12. the number of full waves that pass in a given time
- 14. the spreading of waves around obstacles
Down
- 1. the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave
- 2. the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light
- 4. no light is able to pass through
- 6. the motion of the particles is perpendicular to the direction of the waves
- 8. describing the effect of two waves of the same type passing the same
- 9. the measure of a wave
- 10. the change in direction of a wavefront
- 13. lowest point of the wave