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Why can waves move energy from one place to another without moving any matter from one place to another?
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∙ 14y ago
Waves transfer inertia rather than matter. It's the same thing that happens when one pool ball hits another - the first pool ball stops while the second pool ball starts moving - except in this case it's billions upon billions of molecules of water (or air, if you're talking about sound waves) pushing against each other. so, when you shout 'Hai!' in good aikido fashion, your lungs contract, forcing air out of your mouth. that air uses up its energy compressing the air that's already around you, and that (newly compressed) air decompresses, pushing against the air a little farther away, which compresses and pushes against air a little bit farther than that, and so on. the original air pushed out of your lungs might travel a couple of feet, but the compression wave it creates can be transferred from molecule to molecule for a very long distance.
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What is the major different in flow of energy versus the flow of matter?
Matter is always in the form of particles (atoms, molecules, etc.). For it to flow, the atoms have to move from one place to another. Energy can move from some matter to other matter without moving the matter. Example: an ice cube warming up but not yet melting has energy flowing into it, but matter is not flowing. When it starts to melt, matter (in the form of water molecules) flows out.
When you add energy to matter What happens?
when you add thermal energy to matter, the matter starts moving faster.
The energy of moving particles in matter is called?
kinetic energy
What type of energy is directly involved in moving matter?
Mechanical Energy
What thermal energy moving from one substance to another?
Heat is thermal energy moving from one substance to another.
What is the process of energy or matter moving from one object to another?
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What is the major different in flow of energy versus the flow of matter?
Matter is always in the form of particles (atoms, molecules, etc.). For it to flow, the atoms have to move from one place to another. Energy can move from some matter to other matter without moving the matter. Example: an ice cube warming up but not yet melting has energy flowing into it, but matter is not flowing. When it starts to melt, matter (in the form of water molecules) flows out.
What is the energy that moving matter has called?
energy of motion
The energy of moving particles in matter is?
Kinetic energy.
When you add energy to matter What happens?
when you add thermal energy to matter, the matter starts moving faster.
The energy of moving particles in matter is called?
kinetic energy
Does matter have energy even if it isn't moving?
Yes, all matter has energy. It's called potential energy
What type of energy is directly involved in moving matter?
Mechanical Energy
What thermal energy moving from one substance to another?
Heat is thermal energy moving from one substance to another.
What happens to matter to when you add thermal energy?
when you add thermal energy to matter, the matter starts moving faster.
What is Another name for moving energy?
kinetic energy
Is matter and energy two forms of the same thing?
energy is matter moving at the speed of light (e=mc2)
