Waves

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Across
  1. 2. a ray of light that hits a surface
  2. 4. the angle of light reflected off a boundary
  3. 5. a substance that can carry a wave
  4. 6. a ray of light is reflected off a surface and is equal to the angle of incidence
  5. 9. waves are spread out to fill the space through which they are moving
  6. 11. a wave with only one wavelength and frequency
  7. 14. a region of no displacement of the medium and maximum destructive interference
  8. 17. the ratio of the speed of light to the velocity of the wave in any medium
  9. 19. the lowest part of a wave
  10. 20. the maximum distance by a point on a wave
  11. 21. a single disturbance that moves through a transmission medium.
  12. 23. the area where the wave medium is spread out
  13. 26. a ray rebounding back in the same medium after hitting the reflecting surface
  14. 27. amount of time, in seconds, for one wavelength to pass a point
  15. 28. light rays are reflected from a polished surface
  16. 29. cannot be directly measured and is each person's subjective perception of a sound wave
  17. 32. the position of a point in time on a cycle of a waveform
  18. 33. the area where a wave medium is clumped together
  19. 35. the distance between various points of two waves
  20. 38. two waves overlap each other and make a bigger wave
  21. 39. when a wave passes from one medium to another it changes its direction in speed
  22. 40. When one wave hits another wave their amplitudes merge and make a new wave
  23. 41. waves in which the water particles move in closed vertical orbits
  24. 42. the amount a light wave will bend as it enters a new medium
  25. 43. the increase or decrease in the frequency of sound or light waves as the source and observer move toward or away from one another.
Down
  1. 1. particles of the wave that vibrate in the same direction as the wave velocity.
  2. 3. the angle between the direction of motion of the wave and is perpendicular to the reflecting boundary
  3. 7. light bounces off of a opaque boundary
  4. 8. does not transport energy and combines two waves moving in opposite directions
  5. 10. when two waves of the same phase pass a point at the same time and results in a bigger wave
  6. 12. wave particles that vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave velocity
  7. 13. the range of all electromagnetic radiation that's arranged according to the amount of energy the radiation carries
  8. 15. The highest surface of a wave
  9. 16. the number of waves that pass a certain point in one second
  10. 18. an incident ray is reflected at many angles when light is reflected from a surface
  11. 21. a wave with a repeating pattern that determines the wavelength.
  12. 22. a wave that transfers energy through a medium
  13. 24. two waves overlap each other and make a smaller wave
  14. 25. the amplitude is increased by matching vibrations of another object
  15. 30. region of maximum displacement of the medium and maximum constructive interference
  16. 31. transports energy by moving the medium in the direction of propagation
  17. 34. the way the electromagnetic field of transverse waves are oriented
  18. 36. the movement of waves and the transmission of motion, light, and sound in a certain direction or through a medium
  19. 37. the pulsation caused by the combining two waves with slightly different frequencies