Waves Crossword

1. Reflected wave is exactly like the original wave, but traveling in the opposite direction.
6. Any interference that results in a smaller than the largest of the original waves.
9. Combination of waves in the same location, resulting in a single wave.
12. Bending of waves as they pass an edge or obstacle.
14. Bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary that it isn't able to pass through.
16. Wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

2. Wave that consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields, can travel through space.
3. Disturbances that carry energy through matter or space.
4. Bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another.
5. When the particles in a medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion.
7. A pattern of vibration that stimulates a wave that is standing still, but is, in reality, the result of waves traveling in both directions.
8. The motion of the particles in the medium is perpendicular to the motion of the waves as a whole.
10. Lowest point of a wave.
11. Highest point of a wave.
13. A solid, liquid or gas.
15. Reflected wave is turned upside down as it travels back in the other direction.
17. Any interference that results in a larger wave.