Wave Vocabulary

2. A wave that moves at right angles or perpendicular to the direction that it travels
7. A back and forth motion that travels from one place to another
8. The position of the particles in the medium when they are undisturbed by energy.
10. Waves bounce back when they hit an object.
12. A wave that moves back and forth parallel to the direction that it is traveling
14. Distance from any point on one wave to a corresponding point on the next wave, such as crest to crest or trough to trough
15. The highest point of a transverse wave
16. The lowest point of a transverse wave
18. Waves are taken in by a medium and converted to heat.

1. Waves that require a medium; examples include sound waves, ocean waves, and earthquake waves
3. Total distance a wave moves from its resting position
4. Waves bend when they move from one medium to another.
5. Waves pass straight through a medium.
6. Vibrations that travel through matter (medium) that can be heard
9. The number of complete waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time (measured in hertz)
11. A wave that does not need a medium to travel.
13. Matter that a wave travels through
17. A repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion