chapter 15 vocabe words

4. material in which a wave travels.
6. is the transfer of energy by a wave to the medium through which it travels.
10. is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.
11. the lowest points on a transverse wave.
13. occurs when waves that overlap combine forming a new wave.
16. is the regions of a longitudinal wave where the particle in the medium is the closest together.
18. when a wave is reflected from a surface.
19. is a wave that can travel through empty space and through matter.
20. of a wave is the maximum distance that the waves move from their resting position.

1. of a wave is the distance from one point on the next wave.
2. is the change in the direction of a wave when it transfers by the edge of an object.
3. makes the particles in the medium move parallel to the direction that the wave travels.
5. A wave that can only travel through matter.
7. of the wave is the number of wavelengths that pass by per second.
8. is a disturbance that transfers energy without using matter.
9. is the passage of the light through an object such as the windows.
12. the highest points on the transverse wave.
14. the regions of the longitude wave where the particles are farthest apart.
15. is the change in direction of a wave that occurs as the wave.
17. is the bouncing off and objects to another.