Chapter 10: Waves

6. / occurs when an object causes a wave to change direction and bend around it.
7. wave / matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels.
10. / the less dense region of a compressional wave.
11. wave / matter in the medium moves back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels.
13. / a repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space.
14. / occurs when a wave strikes an object and bounces off of it.
15. / the amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point.
16. / the low point of a transverse wave.
17. / A type of wave that requires a medium
18. / the matter that waves travel through.
19. / wave a special type of wave pattern that forms when waves equal in wavelength and amplitude, but travelling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other.

1. / the number of crests or troughs that pass a fixed by a fixed point.
2. / when two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave.
3. / the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it.
4. / the high point of a transverse wave.
5. / the process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies.
8. / the bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another.
9. / A type of wave that does not require a medium and can travel through space.
12. / the greater this is in a wave, the more energy the wave carries.