Waves Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A material that a wave travels through.
  2. 2. No light gets through.
  3. 5. What waves carry.
  4. 6. Wave where the vibrations move at right angles to the direction of the wave.
  5. 7. Where the particles of a longitudinal wave are close together.
  6. 9. Where the particles of a longitudinal wave are spread out.
  7. 10. Light waves change directions and produce colors.
  8. 11. Distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next.
  9. 12. Wave where the vibrations move the same direction as the wave.
  10. 13. Some light gets through.
  11. 15. A space with no matter.
  12. 16. Height of a wave.
  13. 17. Time it takes for one wave to pass.
  14. 18. Bottom of a wave
Down
  1. 1. Disturbance in matter that carries energy from one place to another.
  2. 3. Top of a wave
  3. 4. Light bounces off a surface and changes direction.
  4. 5. A wave of energy consisting of electric and magnetic fields moving at right angles to each other.
  5. 8. Number of complete waves per second.
  6. 14. No light gets through.