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If the amplitude decreases the energy in the wave also decreases. The energy that was in the wave before the amplitude was decreased will have been absorbed into the surroundings, be they physical objects in the case of sound waves, or an electrical circuit or light absorbing material, to suggest a few different cases.
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How does increasing the amplitude affect the wavelength of a wave?
Well, isn't that a happy little question! Increasing the amplitude of a wave doesn't actually affect the wavelength itself. The wavelength is the distance between two consecutive points in a wave that are in the same phase, like two peaks or two troughs. So, no matter how tall or short the wave is, the wavelength stays the same, just dancing along peacefully.
When waves go from one place to another they carry?
energy and information. Waves transfer energy through the oscillation of particles or fields in a medium. In addition, they can also carry information by encoding signals in their frequency, amplitude, or other wave properties.
What happens to the period of a wave when the frequency decreases?
The period and frequency of a wave are inversely related, i.e. the period is the time it takes for wave to go through a cycle, and the frequency is the number of cycles in a certain time period. For example, a wave with a period of 0.5 seconds would have a frequency of 2 per second. Since these properties are the inverse of each other, than they will be opposite when changing. If the period decreases (i.e. gets shorter, faster) than the frequency increases. Or vice versa.
What characteristics do all waves share?
All waves share the common characteristics of amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and speed. Amplitude refers to the height of a wave, wavelength is the distance between two successive points on a wave, frequency is the number of wave cycles per second, and speed is the rate at which a wave travels through a medium.
What happenes to the wavelength of a wave when the frequncy decreases?
If the waves become less frequent (frequency decreases), assuming the velocity stays the same there must, logically, be more distance between each wave passing. i.e. the length of each wave must be longer. or, put another way, the wave length must have increased if less waves go past.
Componet of electromagnetic waves that varis?
There frequency is inversely proportional to there wave length. There energy level go on reducing as there frequency decreases.
How does increasing the amplitude affect the wavelength of a wave?
Well, isn't that a happy little question! Increasing the amplitude of a wave doesn't actually affect the wavelength itself. The wavelength is the distance between two consecutive points in a wave that are in the same phase, like two peaks or two troughs. So, no matter how tall or short the wave is, the wavelength stays the same, just dancing along peacefully.
When waves go from one place to another they carry?
energy and information. Waves transfer energy through the oscillation of particles or fields in a medium. In addition, they can also carry information by encoding signals in their frequency, amplitude, or other wave properties.
What happens to the period of a wave when the frequency decreases?
The period and frequency of a wave are inversely related, i.e. the period is the time it takes for wave to go through a cycle, and the frequency is the number of cycles in a certain time period. For example, a wave with a period of 0.5 seconds would have a frequency of 2 per second. Since these properties are the inverse of each other, than they will be opposite when changing. If the period decreases (i.e. gets shorter, faster) than the frequency increases. Or vice versa.
What characteristics do all waves share?
All waves share the common characteristics of amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and speed. Amplitude refers to the height of a wave, wavelength is the distance between two successive points on a wave, frequency is the number of wave cycles per second, and speed is the rate at which a wave travels through a medium.
Why is sound not heard from a long distance?
Sound is a compressional wave , i.e , pressure. you do understand that pressure is F/A.Thus when A increases the pressure decreases. Now sound waves looks like a circle where its center is the origin of the sound and the circle gets bigger as we go further from its center this means that the area covered increases and the sound compressional waves ( pressure) decreases. Distance effects sound because sounds moves by bumping into other particles and momentum is lost every time they bump because it creates heat and so one
In a sound wave why does the vibrations and energy transfer go in the same direction?
A sound wave is a longitudinal wave.thus the vibratoins and energy transfer go in the same direction
What happens when waves go from deep water to shallow water?
When a wave goes from deep water to shallow water, it decreases in size and strength. This is because shallow water does not have the required power to transmit the wave, and so its velocity decreases.
What happenes to the wavelength of a wave when the frequncy decreases?
If the waves become less frequent (frequency decreases), assuming the velocity stays the same there must, logically, be more distance between each wave passing. i.e. the length of each wave must be longer. or, put another way, the wave length must have increased if less waves go past.
How does energy associated with waves change as wavelength changes?
Using this equation will help you understand what is going on: E=hc/wavelength h and c are constants. As wavelength increases, energy decreases. This is why UV radiation (which has a very small wavelength) has more energy than visible radiation, and this is also why UV radiation causes damage to living things
If the energy of a wave goes up does the frequency go down?
No, the frequency of a wave is determined by the number of wave cycles that pass a fixed point in a given unit of time, and is not directly related to the energy of the wave. An increase in energy does not inherently affect the frequency of the wave.
As we move along the food chain does the energy increase or decreases and why?
Energy decreases as we go up the food chain because there are less organisms as we go up, so that the ecosystem doesn't run out of food at the bottom of the chain.
