waves

5. decrease in volume of any object or substance resulting from applied stress.
6. the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.
7. a fluid-filled, spiral-shaped cavity found in the inner ear that plays a vital role in the sense of hearing and participates in the process of auditory transduction.
8. the measurement of the number of times that a repeated event occurs per unit of time.
9. the bending of waves as it passes from one material to another.
12. a tube that runs from the outer ear to the eardrum.
15. a bone in the middle ear that serves as one of the three "ossicles," along with the hammer and the stirrup.
16. a disturbance in a medium that carries energy without a net movement of particles.
18. a process by which a wave, whether light, sound, infrared, or radio waves, hits an object and bounces off it.
20. the transfer of energy from a wave to a medium.
22. Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc.
24. a material in which wave travels
25. External part of the ear
26. the magnitude of a quantity per unit area.

1. the process by which wave energy spreads perpendicularly to the dominant direction of wave propagation.
2. When energy waves (such as light, sound, and various electromagnetic waves) are caused to depart from a straight path due to imperfections in the medium
3. a wave in which the vibrating element moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction of advance of the wave.
4. a type of wave that travels in the direction of the medium
10. the reduction of an item's density, the opposite of compression.
11. a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum.
13. Mechanicalwave wave that is an oscillation of matter and is responsible for the transfer of energy through a medium.
14. the original position of the medium.
17. a thin, circular layer of tissue that separates your outer ear from your middle ear.
19. happens when a wave travels through a medium or into a new medium.
21. the lowest point on a wave.
23. the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position.