Across
- 1. When two or more waves cross at a point
- 4. time to complete one wave at a given point
- 7. a wave whose oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave's advance.
- 10. mirror-like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface.
- 13. can create waves, movement of back and forth between object
- 14. point where their is minimum amplitude
- 16. peak of a wave
- 20. where the wave is at, at a certain point
- 21. measure of the bending of a ray of light when passing from one medium into another.
- 25. one-dimensional space that moves with constant speed
- 26. the area of a wave (or Slinky) that is spread out.
- 28. change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media
- 30. range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation
- 33. a single disturbance that moves through a transmission medium
- 34. the movement of waves
- 35. the height of the wave
- 36. the distance from one point on a wave to an identical point on the next
- 38. rectilinear ray of light that strikes a surface
- 41. the angle between a reflected ray and the perpendicular to a reflecting surface drawn at the point of contact.
- 43. when 2 waves going directly towards each other at the same time
- 44. a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together
Down
- 2. amount of waves per second
- 3. when 2 waves overlap, then create one big wave
- 5. reflection of light or other waves or particles from a surface
- 6. occurs when the frequency of an applied periodic force is equal or close to a natural frequency of the system on which it acts.
- 8. when 2 waves cancel each other out because of interference
- 9. a thing that a wave travels through
- 11. contains light with a single wavelength.
- 12. relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction
- 15. wave a wave that is an oscillation of matter and is responsible for the transfer of energy through a medium.
- 17. the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence
- 18. spreading of waves around obstacles
- 19. lowest point of a wave
- 22. a nonpermeable or non absorbing surface
- 23. the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another caused by its change in speed.
- 24. property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations.
- 27. waves where the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as the direction of the traveling wave
- 29. a wave with a recurring ongoing pattern that regulates its wavelength and frequency
- 31. The angle between the normal and the ray of light
- 32. A ray of light or another form of radiant energy that is thrown back
- 37. point where there is maximum displacements
- 39. pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies
- 40. wave- a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space
- 42. lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.