Waves Crossword

3. a wave that oscillates perpendicularly to the direction of the wave's advance
6. the capacity for doing work
7. the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound/electromagnetic wave
8. the number of waves that pass a given point in one second.
10. the act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller
11. a material that moves energy or light from one substance to another, or from one location to another
12. a rapid motion of the particles of an elastic body or substance back and forth
13. The minimum or lowest point in a cycle.

1. distance between the resting position and the maximum displacement of the wave.
2. The highest surface part of a wave is called the crest
4. the component of a wave in which a medium's particles are further apart.
5. travels in the same direction as the disturbance that caused it
7. a disturbance in a medium that carries energy without a net movement of particles.
9. a laboratory instrument commonly used to display and analyze the waveform of electronic signals