Waves Vocabulary

5. Waves bend around or through a small hole in a material
7. wave that requires a medium through which to travel
11. Wave with frequency that is a positive multiple of the original frequency
13. Wave which the motion of the medium is in the same direction as the wave
14. Point on a wave with the most displacement from the resting position
17. wave that consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields which radiate outward at the speed of light
18. When a wave bounces off material and goes in a new direction
20. waves pass through a material and bend

1. Wave which motion of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the wave
2. Movement back and fourth at regular speed
3. Repeated back and fourth or up and down motion
4. Repeated disturbance or motion that transfers energy
6. Distance between neighboring crests, troughs, or any other equivalent points of a wave
8. Top part of the wave
9. part of longitudinal wave where the particles in medium are spread apart
10. Wave that appears to stand in one place even though it's two waves interfering with each other as they pass
12. Maximum distance a point is moved from it's rest position when a wave passes through
15. Point on a wave with no displacement from resting position
16. part of longitudinal wave where the particles in medium are pushed together
19. Bottom part of the wave