Waves Crossword

1. a rapid motion of the particles of an elastic body or substance back and forth
5. the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound/electromagnetic wave
7. distance between the resting position and the maximum displacement of the wave.
10. travels in the same direction as the disturbance that caused it
11. the act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller
12. a laboratory instrument commonly used to display and analyze the waveform of electronic signals
14. the capacity for doing work
15. The highest surface part of a wave is called the crest

2. The minimum or lowest point in a cycle.
3. the component of a wave in which a medium's particles are further apart.
4. a disturbance in a medium that carries energy without a net movement of particles.
6. a wave that oscillates perpendicularly to the direction of the wave's advance
8. a material that moves energy or light from one substance to another, or from one location to another
9. the electrical and magnetic forces or effects produced by an electric current.
13. the number of waves that pass a given point in one second.