Waves Vocab

2. A wave that stays in one place, with certain points that don't move
5. A wave where the particles move back and forth in the same direction as the wave (like sound waves in air)
7. A wave where the particles move up and down, perpendicular to the direction the wave travels (like waves on a string)
10. The maximum distance a wave moves from its rest position
12. The substance (like air, water, or a solid) that a wave travels through
13. The way a wave travels or spreads out
14. The highest point of a wave
15. How many complete waves pass a point in one second.
16. When two waves meet and their effects add together, making a bigger wave

1. wave that needs a medium to travel (for example, sound waves in air)
3. When two waves meet and their effects cancel each other out, making a smaller wave or no wave
4. The lowest point of a waeve
6. A regular back-and-forth movement
8. The distance from one crest-crest, or trough-trough
9. The time it takes for one complete wave to pass a point.
11. repeated back-and-forth movement, like a swinging pendulum or a vibrating spring