Waves Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. A wave that occurs when the particles of a medium are displayed perpendicularly to the direction of the wave
  2. 4. describes an object that light cannot travel through
  3. 6. the matter through which a wave travels
  4. 8. A change in the direction and velocity which occurs when a seismic or electromagnetic wave travels from one material into another of different density, state, or elasticity
  5. 9. Wave A wave that can transport its energy through a vacuum
  6. 11. the number of cycles a wave completes in a period of time;
Down
  1. 2. height or "strength" of a wave
  2. 3. a wave that occurs when the particles of a medium move parallel to the direction of the wave
  3. 5. a disturbance that propagates energy through a material medium
  4. 7. the distance between successive crests of a wave
  5. 10. describes materials that allow some light to travel through them, but not enough to see through the material