1. when a wave strikes an object and bounces off 2. repeating disturbances that transfer energy through matter or space 3. highest point of a transverse wave 4. region where the me... 1. when a wave strikes an object and bounces off 2. repeating disturbances that transfer energy through matter or space 3. highest point of a transverse wave 4. region where the medium is crowded and dense in a longitudinal wave 5. wave that makes matter in the medium move back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels 6. ability of two or more waves to combine and form a new wave 7. lowest point of a transverse wave 8. material through which a wave transfers energy 9. the bending of waves around a barrier 10. less dense region of a longitudinal wave 11. ability of an object to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequency 12. wave in which matter in the medium moves back and forth in the same direction the wave travels 13. distance between one point in a wave and the nearest point just like it 14. measure of how many wavelengths pass a fixed point each second 15. the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection 16. measure of the energy in a wave 17. a special type of wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude traveling in opposite directions continuously interfere with each other 18. the bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another Read more