Waves Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. the use of sound reflection to locate objects
  2. 7. wave a wave that travels along a surface separating two different mediums
  3. 10. a thin piece of skin in the ear
  4. 12. the height of a wave from rest position
  5. 14. a scientist who studies the ocean
  6. 16. an ocean wave that has a high speed and long wavelength
  7. 17. the valley, or lowest point, of a wave
Down
  1. 1. the number of waves that pass one point in a certain amount of time
  2. 2. at a 90-degree angle
  3. 3. wave a wave that causes the medium to vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction the wave travels
  4. 5. wave a wave that causes the medium to vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction the wave travels
  5. 6. the matter through which a wave travels
  6. 8. a longitudinal wave that is made by an earthquake
  7. 9. wave a wave that must travel through matter
  8. 11. the distance between one point on a wave and the same point on the next wave. (crest to crest or trough to trough)
  9. 13. the form in which energy is transported through particles that make up matter
  10. 15. the peak, or highest point, of a wave