Across
- 1. The bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another.
- 3. A wave in which the matter in the medium moves back and forth along the direction that the wave travels.
- 7. The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies.
- 8. The less-dense region of a longitudinal wave.
- 9. A measure of the size of the disturbance of a wave, related to the energy that it carries.
- 10. The amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a fixed point; is expressed in seconds.
- 12. Denser region of a longitudinal wave.
- 14. A wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other; does not appear to be traveling.
- 17. Wave in which the matter in the medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave, has crests and troughs.
- 18. A point in a standing wave at which the interfering waves always cancel.
Down
- 2. The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave.
- 4. The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening.
- 5. The highest point on a transverse wave.
- 6. Distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it.
- 11. A wave that can only travel through matter
- 13. Matter through which a wave travels.
- 15. The number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second, is expressed in hertz (Hz).
- 16. A repeating disturbance that transfers energy as it travels through matter or space.
- 17. The lowest point on a transverse wave.