Waves I Study Guide Vocabulary (Use Your Notes to Do This)

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Across
  1. 3. the height or depth of a wave relative to equilibrium
  2. 6. the thing s waves cannot travel through.
  3. 7. compositional earth layer between crust and core
  4. 8. innermost compositional layer
  5. 11. the type of interference where two waves overlap to make a smaller wave
  6. 18. the ability to do work
  7. 20. the direction transverse waves vibrate particles relative to the direction of energy flow
  8. 21. outermost mechanical layer of the earth. Crust and top layer of mantle. Brittle.
  9. 25. one crest and one trough of a transverse wave or one compression and one stretch of a longitudinal wave
  10. 26. molten layer of iron and possibly nickel.
  11. 27. the time it takes for one wave cycle to occur
  12. 28. slower seismic wave transverse
  13. 30. the number of particles in a given volume
  14. 33. mechanical layer of earth below lithosphere. Fluid over geologic time scales.
  15. 34. the length of a cycle, typically measured beteen adjacent crests
  16. 35. outermostlayer of the earth by composition
  17. 37. any disturbance that transmits energy
  18. 38. solid ball of iron and possibly nickel.
  19. 39. an example of a reflection. What bats do to find food.
  20. 41. the bending of a wave when it passes around an obstacle or through an opening
  21. 42. fastest seismic wave longitudinal
Down
  1. 1. when the crests of one wave overlap the troughs of another wave
  2. 2. sudden jump in seismic wave speed that indicates a changing layer inside the earth.
  3. 4. the direction longitudinal waves vibrate particles relative to the direction of energy flow
  4. 5. fancy term for vibrate
  5. 9. the bending of a wave when it changes speed as it moves between two different mediums
  6. 10. any repeated back and forth or up and down motion
  7. 12. a gas liquid or solid that a mechanical wave travels through
  8. 13. zone an area where no sesimic waves can be seen. Indicates waves have diffracted or been blocked
  9. 14. the change in frequency of a wave when the wave source moves towards or away from an observer. Think Ambulance moving to you or away.
  10. 15. when the crests of one wave overlap the crests of another wave
  11. 16. mechanical layer of earth between asthenosphere and outer core. Dense and Hard
  12. 17. discontinuity that identifies the crust and mantle of the earth
  13. 19. how a wave moves through a substance
  14. 22. the mixing of two or more overlapping waves.
  15. 23. a point of no energy. Think calm ocean.
  16. 24. the discontinuity that identifies the inner core-outer core boundary
  17. 29. the type of interference where two waves overlap to make a bigger wave
  18. 31. when a wave bounces off a boundary
  19. 32. the discontinuity that identifies the outer core-mantle boundary
  20. 36. the number of cycles per second
  21. 40. the unit of frequency. Equal to 1/second.