Waves Vocabulary

3. When a wave bends around something.
4. Principle When more than one wave is present, the total vibration at any point is the sum of the vibrations from each individual wave.
8. The lowest natural frequency.
9. What happens when the amplitude of a wave gets smaller it passes through a material.
12. When two or more waves mix together.
13. The low point of a wave.
14. An edge or surface where things change suddenly.
15. The distance from any point on a wave to the same point on the next cycle of the wave.
17. A wave that has its oscillations perpendicular to the direction the wave moves.
18. A wave that is confined in a space.
19. An oscillation that travels from one place to another.
20. A wave that has vibrations in the same direction the wave moves.

1. The process of bending around corners or passing through openings.
2. To spread out from where something begins.
5. A series of wave crests that forms a pattern of parallel straight lines.
6. Another natural frequency of a wave. The name for the number of "bumps" on the string.
7. A series of wave crests that form the pattern of a circle.
10. A wave that changes its course because it bounces off something.
11. The high point of a wave.
16. A pattern of parallel straight lines.