waves vocab

5. the crest of one wave overlaps the crest of another and their individual effects add together.
7. Waves: Waves that can travel only through matter (sound waves)
10. the time of a back-and-forth swing of a pendulum.
12. The bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another
14. The number of vibrations an object makes in a unit of time.
15. Matter through which a wave travels
16. A repeating disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space
17. The distance from the top of one crest to the top of the next one.
18. this apparent change in frequency due to the motion of the source (or receiver)

1. is a regular arrangement of places where wave effects are increased, decreased, or neutralized.
2. the crest of one wave overlaps the trough of another and their individual effects are reduced.
3. Whenever the motion of the medium is at right angles to the direction in which a wave travels.
4. The bending of a wave around an object
6. A pictorial representation of a wave.
8. The distance from the midpoint to the crest (or trough) of the wave.
9. High points on a wave.
11. When the particles oscillate parallel to or along the direction of the wave.
13. Low points on a wave.