Across
- 5. wave model: A curved shape that can be used to represent a wave.
- 6. The number of waves passing by a certain point, such as a receiver, per second.
- 8. A disturbance that travels through a medium, transporting energy from place to place without transporting matter.
- 9. When wave energy is trapped in a medium and doesn’t pass through it.
- 12. When wave energy strikes a new medium and passes through it.
- 13. The energy input to the system which causes the wave disturbance. The location of the originating energy.
- 14. A detector of wave energy, which could be natural (ears, eyes) or designed (microphone, camera).
Down
- 1. A measure of the distance from the rest position to the crest (or trough).
- 2. The distance between one wave crest and the next, or any other similar point along the wave.
- 3. The top or peak of a wave.
- 4. The matter through which waves travel. The matter can be solid, liquid, or a gas (e.g. water or air).
- 7. When wave energy bounces off a medium, causing the wave energy to change direction.
- 10. position: The position of the particles in the medium when they are undisturbed by energy.
- 11. The bottom of a wave.