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I will try to answer it as I just taught my son who is 11. This is not scientific but it's ok I think.
The first thing is not to think of frequency as how often it occurs but instead how high the wave has to go to reach its mark. Like a roller coaster, when you go up the big hill its slow but long and high...then you go down and you slowly go up again to the high and back down. When you get to the short little hills that may have 6 or seven in a row they are fast and quickly one after another.
This is how waves work. When a low frequency hits its mark, it hits fast and unrelenting and penetrates the object (like an xrays) but it has a short wavelength. When a high frequency signal hits its target it will hit strongly on the surface but not penetrate because its not pounding away at its target (the reason FM radio signal doesn't cause cancer) and it also has a longer longer wavelength.
Fm Radio broadcasts in MHz....lower frequency, shorter wave length, higher energy.
Am Radio broadcasts in Khz.....higher frequency, longer wave length, lower energy.
For this reason. Fm radio wont make it too far out of an are but will get good reception inside a house or city. Am stations travel further but you lose the station when ever its hits something....like buildings.
Hope these examples help...unless I'm wrong in which case my chem teacher will hate me and you are totally lost.
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If wave amplitudes are equal will high-frequency waves carry more or less energy than low-frequency waves?
if wave amplitudes are equal ,will high frequency waves carry more or less energy than low frequency waves
What are x-rays high or low frequency?
They're not comparable. -- Cosmic rays are high-energy charged particles moving at less than the speed of light, with mass and kinetic energy but no characteristic frequency or wavelength. -- Gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation.
A low energy electromagnetic wave would also have?
the lowest frequency Lester was here
Why will sound of low frequencies travel farther in air than sound of high frequencies?
The answer to this question has to do with the nature of waves. A high frequency sound has a greater wavelength than a low frequency sound. A high pitched noise wave looks a bit like NNNNNNNN, whereas a low sound looks a bit more like _____. Because the high pitched noise has a "taller" wave, so to speak, it is more easily interrupted, and cannot, therefore, travel as far as a low sound. sounds with higher frequency have more energy and the energy decreases along with distance and so is the frequency........so a sound with high frequency can travel farther due to its more amplitude,wavelength and intensity. The above is in error. A high frq. sound has a shorter (time is the abcissa(x) axis) wavelength than a lower freq. sound. Tallness or amplitude is not to be confused with wavelength. Amplitude is normally the ordinate or y axis and is a measure of magnitude. Energy content is a factor of both wavelength and amplitude. Lower frequency waves commonly travel better through matter as a result of the atomic spacing of the molecules in the medium( air, solid matter etc.). i.e. Think of dominoes falling.
Pitch describes how high or low a sound is. The pitch of a sound is most dependent upon the of the sound wave.?
frequency
If wave amplitudes are equal will high-frequency waves carry more or less energy than low-frequency waves?
if wave amplitudes are equal ,will high frequency waves carry more or less energy than low frequency waves
Does a high frequency wave transmit more energy than a low frequency wave?
no.
When the energy carried by high-frequency and low-frequency electromagnetic waves?
Your question makes no sense.
What energy do waves with a short wavelength have?
It's possible it has low energy and high frequency.
Is The carrier frequency is usually lower than the modulating frequency?
when the frequency is low , energy will be obviously low. To increase the energy of the signal we need to increase the frequency. This is achieved by multiplying the message signal with the carrier signal (with high frequency).
Does A high-pitched sound result from low frequency waves?
high pitch is high frequency, low pitch is low frequency
Does a high pitch sound result from low frequency waves?
high pitch is high frequency, low pitch is low frequency
How do you get different pitches?
By changing the frequency of the vibration. High frequency = high pitch. Low frequency = low pitch.
Is lower pitch a low frequency or high frequency?
low
What is the fate of the energy in the ultraviolet light incident on glass?
Ultraviolet is too high frequency to enter glass and infrared is too low.
How t convert high frequency into low frequency?
To covert a high frequency to a low one, we use flip-flops.
What is the relationship between a photons energy and its wavelength?
A high energy light will have a shorter wavelength than a low energy light. If the wavelength goes down, then the frequency goes up. When calculating energy in the equation, E=hv, frequency (v) is the variable, not the wavelength. So in the equation, if you wanted a more energy (E), you would have the frequency be large. For the frequency to be big, then the wavelength has to be low.
