Waves Vocabulary

4. When two waves of identical wavelength are in phase, they form a new wave with an amplitude equal to the sum of their individual amplitudes
6. the time for a particle on a medium to make one complete vibrational cycle
8. he maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position
9. a wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of its propagation.
11. distance between corresponding points of two consecutive waves
12. a wave that takes place in the same direction as the advance of the wave.
13. A substance or material that carries the wave
14. a point along a medium which undergoes maximum displacement above and below the rest position.
15. the point on the medium that exhibits the maximum amount of positive displacement

1. type of interference that occurs at any location along the medium where the two interfering waves have a displacement in the opposite direction
2. the number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time
3. combination of two waves moving in opposite directions, each having the same amplitude and frequency
5. a decrease in the density of something.
7. a force that squeezes something together
9. the point on the medium that exhibits the lowest amount of displacement
10. a point along a standing wave where the wave has minimum amplitude