Waves Investigation 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. the high point of a wave
  2. 5. a point where a wave crosses its resting line
  3. 7. speed
  4. 9. the length of one wave; can be measured as the distance from the center of one peak to the center
  5. 12. the next peak
  6. 13. the bouncing back of waves off an object
Down
  1. 1. traveling through the medium
  2. 2. a wave in which the movement of the wave’s medium is perpendicular to the movement of the
  3. 3. a wave in which the wave’s medium is compressed in the same direction as the movement
  4. 4. the height of the peaks above the resting line in a wave
  5. 6. the wave; also called a longitudinal wave
  6. 8. also called a compression wave
  7. 10. a wave in which the wave’s medium moves in the same direction as the movement of the
  8. 11. the low point of a wave