Waves and the EM Spectrum

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Across
  1. 3. the region of the em spectrum used to sterilise medical equipment.
  2. 4. the unit of frequency
  3. 7. the height of each peak from the center line
  4. 9. waves with oscillations that are a right angle to the direction the wave travels
  5. 11. the number of waves passing a given point in a second
  6. 13. waves with oscillations that are parallel to the direction the wave travels
  7. 15. radiation that can cause the mutation of genes
  8. 16. the region of the em spectrum used for television and radio signals
Down
  1. 1. the speed that the wave travels through a medium
  2. 2. the region of the em spectrum used to see broken bones and in security at airports
  3. 5. the time it takes one complete wave to pass a given point
  4. 6. the distance from one peak to the next peak in a wave
  5. 8. the region of the em spectrum used for cooking food, electrical heaters and night vision goggles
  6. 10. region of the em spectrum used for satellite communications and cooking food
  7. 12. the region of the em spectrum used in security bank notes and sun tanning
  8. 14. the region of the em spectrum that our eyes can detect