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What makes a mechanical wave have a greater amplitude?
Wave amplitude is determined by the energy of the disturbance that causes the wave. A wave caused by a disturbance with more energy has greater amplitude.
What is the relationship between amplitude and mechanical waves?
The energy transported by a wave is directly proportional to the square of the amplitude of the wave. This energy-amplitude relationship is sometimes expressed in the following manner.
Which wave has the greatest amplitude?
Gamma rays
Gamma rays has the greatest amplitude among all electromagnetic waves.
Do waves with greater amplitudes carry more or less energy?
1. The amplitude of a wave can be measured from the (medium, crest) or the (trough, wavelength) to the equilibrium (rest position) of the wave’s medium. 2. Waves with greater amplitudes carry (more, less) energy than waves with smaller amplitudes.
Where is the amplitude in a wave?
The amplitude of a wave refers to the maximum amount of displacement of a particle on the medium from its rest position. In a sense, the amplitude is the distance from rest to crest. Similarly, the amplitude can be measured from the rest position to the trough position.
What is a high amplitude wave?
A high amplitude wave is a high-energy wave, and a low-amplitude wave is a low-energy wave. In the case of sound waves, a high amplitude sound will be loud, and a low amplitude sound will be quiet. Or with light waves, a high amplitude beam of light will be bright, and a low amplitude beam of light will be dim.
What would change if the wave has a higher amplitude?
The amplitude of a wave is related to the amount of energy it carries. A high amplitude wave carries a large amount of energy; a low amplitude wave carries a small amount of energy. As the amplitude of the sound wave increases, the intensity of the sound increases.
Which wave has the higher amplitude A or B )?
The amplitude of a sound wave determines its loudness or volume. A larger amplitude means a louder sound, and a smaller amplitude means a softer sound. In Figure 10.2 sound C is louder than sound B. The vibration of a source sets the amplitude of a wave.
Does higher amplitude mean higher frequency?
Frequency is the number of ways that pass by each second, measured in hertz. So a wave of a particular amplitude will transmit more energy per second if it has a higher frequency, simply because more waves are passing by in a given period of time.
Where is amplitude of a wave?
What does a greater amplitude mean?
Amplitude measures how far a wave rises and falls. A wave’s amplitude is defined as half the distance from its highest point to its lowest point. The bigger the amplitude, the more severe the wave is, the disturbance is. the amplitude is the maximum displacement form equilibrium.