Waves Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum (Highest part of a wave)
  2. 5. The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal surface of the mirror all lie in the same plane.
  3. 6. Waves can also bend to get around small barriers or to squeeze through small openings within a barrier.
  4. 9. The number of complete waves(wavelength) that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
  5. 10. A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
  6. 11. Some waves can travel through empty spaces.
  7. 12. The distance from one crest to another, or from one trough to another.
  8. 13. The process of passing something from one person or place to another.
  9. 15. A wave vibrating at the right angle to the direction of its propagation.
  10. 16. A measurement of the amount of energy transferred by a longitude wave.
  11. 17. Sound waves must have a medium to travel through.
  12. 18. The medium moves parallel to the direction the waves are traveling.
Down
  1. 1. Bonces off an object and reflected to another object.
  2. 2. Wave where the particles are closest together.
  3. 3. Must have a medium to travel through.
  4. 4. The act or process of interfering with a wave.
  5. 7. Particles are spread out.
  6. 8. Lowest part of a transverse wave.
  7. 14. The process of taking something into another substance.