Across
- 2. The high point of a transverse wave
- 4. The stretched-out area of a longitudinal wave
- 6. The time required for one complete vibration of a particle in a medium
- 7. The cause of most waves
- 8. The matter through which a wave travels
- 10. A wave in which the wave motion is perpendicular to the particle motion
- 12. The larger the amplitude of a wave, the more ______________ it carries
- 17. The bending of waves when they pass from one medium into another
- 20. A wave in which the wave motion is parallel to the particle motion
- 22. The Greek letter 𝝀 is often used to represent a wave's ______________.
- 24. When the crest of one waves overlaps with the crest of another wave and the waves strengthen each other
- 25. Waves that require a medium
- 26. How high or low a sound appears
Down
- 1. Waves that consist of changing electric and magnetic fields and do not require a medium
- 3. The crowded area of a longitudinal wave
- 5. The number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given time interval
- 9. When the crest of one wave meets the trough of another wave and the resulting wave has a smaller amplitude
- 11. The greatest distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from their normal resting position
- 13. Simply the bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary
- 14. A wave that occurs at the boundary between two different mediums
- 15. The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
- 16. A disturbance that carries energy through matter or space
- 18. The low point of a transverse wave
- 19. an observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving
- 21. The acronym that the visible light spectrum can be remembered by using
- 23. The bending of waves as they pass the edge of a barrier