Name: _______________________________
Date: _____________________
WAVES CROSSWORD PUZZLE (25 daily points)
Across
Down
3. bending of a wave around a corner
1. the angle the incoming wave arrives at a
9. our perception of intensity
10. bending of a wave when it changes
medium
12. relationship between period and
frequency
15. wave that moves parallel to direction
of propagation
16. our perception of frequency
17. interference pattern where the waves
build on each other
19. what happens when one wave is put on
top of another
20. the change of pitch of a sound
approaching/receding from the receiver
21. area of concentrated matter that
corresponds to crest/trough
24. number of cycles per second
boundary
2. the height of a wave crest/trough
4. wave that moves at right angles to direction of
propagation
5. time it takes for one back-and-forth motion
6. distance between successive identical parts of
a wave
7. above the hearing spectrum of humans
8. unit of frequency
11. the bouncing of a wave
13. when you match the natural frequency of an
object and the intensity increases
14. how fast a wave moves
18. area of spread out matter that are not
crests/troughs
22. device on a string that swings back and forth
23. wave when two waves in phase meet each other
from opposite directions and seem not to move