Memory Game Waves BreakoutOnline version Review waves vocabulary by Kimberly Scott a form of energy that can move through the vacuum of space and travels in a transverse wave A waves that require a medium through which to travel S material through which a wave travels R optic nerve vibration the nerve that carries messages from the retina to the brain for interpretation S mechanical wave repeated disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place T wave in which the vibration is at right angles to the direction in which the wave is traveling V electromagnetic wave a repeated back and forth or up and down motion R longitudinal wave clear tissue that covers the front of the eye and refracts light the lens E transverse wave the light sensitive inner surface on the back of the eye, containing light sensitive cells E cornea wave retina medium a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion N