Physics
Grade-10
Easy

Question

Which of the following is a false statement about waves?

  1. The energy a wave carries comes from the motion that caused the wave.
  2. Energy is the ability to move objects or cause change.
  3. Waves can only carry energy over short distances because each particle only moves a short distance.
  4. All mechanical waves transfer energy as the particles in the medium push or pull on each other.

hintHint:

The statement Waves can only carry energy over short distances because each particle only moves a short distance is false

The correct answer is: Waves can only carry energy over short distances because each particle only moves a short distance.


    • A wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance of one or more quantities. Waves can be periodic, in which case those quantities oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium value at some frequency
    • It carries energy to longer distances

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