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