Waves Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 3. When waves bend around or through a small hole in a material
- 5. Movement back and forth at a regular speed.
- 6. The lowest part of a wave.
- 7. position.
- 9. The maximum distance a point is moved from its rest position when a wave passes through.
- 12. A point on a wave with no displacement from the resting position.
- 14. wave A wave in which the motion of the medium is in the same direction as the wave.
- 15. A wave that appears to stand in one place, even though it is really two waves interfering as they pass through each other.
- 16. When waves pass through a material and bend.
- 18. The distance between neighboring crests, neighboring troughs, or any other neighboring equivalent points of a wave
- 19. go in a new direction
- 20. A repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion.
- 21. the highest part of a wave
Down
- 1. A wave that consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields which radiate outward at the speed of light.
- 2. A point on a wave with the most displacement from the
- 4. medium are pushed together.
- 7. When Waves bounces off a material
- 8. A wave with a frequency that is a positive multiple of the original frequency.
- 10. wave that requires a medium through which to travel.
- 11. A wave in which the motion of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the wave
- 13. A repeated disturbance or motion that transfers energy
- 17. The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are spread apart