Waves Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 2. A reflected sound
  2. 3. This property of a sound wave is volume or "loudness"
  3. 7. Waves that move matter forward and backward
  4. 9. Highest point of a wave
  5. 11. A measure of how much energy a sound wave has
  6. 13. When a sound wave is "caught" or taken in by soft & irregular materials
  7. 14. Rhythmic disturbances that carry energy without carrying matter
  8. 17. How fast a wave is moving
  9. 22. _______ relationship; where one increases & the other decreases
  10. 23. Area on a sound wave where the particles are spread apart
  11. 24. The horizontal distance between two crests side-by-side
  12. 25. The lowest point of a wave
Down
  1. 1. When a sound wave is bounced back by smooth & hard surfaces
  2. 4. The __________ effect is the change in pitch due to moving sound
  3. 5. Waves that need a medium to transfer energy
  4. 6. Waves that do not need a medium to transfer energy
  5. 8. The unit of measurement for how loud a sound is
  6. 10. Waves that move matter up and down at right angles
  7. 12. Area on a sound wave where the particles are closest
  8. 15. The bending of sound as it moves from one medium to another
  9. 16. The bending of a sound wave around an object or obstacle
  10. 18. This property of a sound wave is related to frequency
  11. 19. The number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time
  12. 20. The substance through which waves can travel; matter
  13. 21. All waves move ______ and not matter
  14. 26. Unit of measurement for frequency