Wednesday, April 23, 2014

WAVES - ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1-10

waves
Answers

1. Energy moves by waves.
2. False; particles only vibrate, they do not move along the wave.
3. Particles are being moved against a force. Work is being done on them and they are doing work on other particles.
4. Transverse and longitudinal.
5. Longitudinal.
6. Transverse.
7. Wavelength is the distance between two like parts of the wave.
8. Amplitude is the height of the wave.
9. “A” has the longer wavelength.
10. “B” has a larger amplitude.