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Which carries more energy a wave with large amplitude or small amplitude?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
The answer to this depends on your frame of reference.
If you are thinking of waves that are produced on our planet and that you might experience in your lifetime, the obvious candidates are (smallest first)
- the shockwave from a multi-megaton nuclear explosion
- a tsunami
- a powerful earthquake (Richter 8+)
In the universe at large the waves in a Gamma Ray Burst dwarf all else. The chances of a GRB happening dangerously close to us in any one year are about one in ten billion. Fortunately.
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∙ 14y ago
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Why a sound wave with a large amplitude is more likely to damage your hearing than one with a small amplitude?
Because the amplitude is what decides how much energy there is in the wave. Large amplitude = lots of energy. And lots of energy hitting something(like your ear) is more likely to do damage than a little energy hitting something.
Why does a wave with a large amplitude carry more energy than one with small amplitude?
It is the same as why an object at higher place had more energy than one on the floor. Energy is the difference of potential, for kinetic energy example it is the height, greater height is greater energy. For the wave, energy could be stored in amplitude and frequency. Low amplitude or no amplitude is no energy and any amplitude higher than the zero amplitude would have more energy.
Why do large amplitude waves carry more energy than small amplitude waves?
because it takes more energy to reach a larger amplitude.for example, if you turn up your radio, you're putting more energy (electricity) into it which increases the amplitude of the wave, thus making it louder
Suppose a longitudinal wave has crowded compressions and loose rarefactions does it have a large or a small amplitude?
Small because it is in a tight spot which makes its size decrease
How are volume and amplitude related?
The higher the amplitude the higher the volume. bigger sound wave = louder noise.
Why a sound wave with a large amplitude is more likely to damage your hearing that one with a small amplitude?
A sound wave with a larger amplitude also carries more power.
Why a sound wave with a large amplitude is more likely to damage your hearing than one with a small amplitude?
Because the amplitude is what decides how much energy there is in the wave. Large amplitude = lots of energy. And lots of energy hitting something(like your ear) is more likely to do damage than a little energy hitting something.
Why does a wave with a large amplitude carry more energy than one with small amplitude?
It is the same as why an object at higher place had more energy than one on the floor. Energy is the difference of potential, for kinetic energy example it is the height, greater height is greater energy. For the wave, energy could be stored in amplitude and frequency. Low amplitude or no amplitude is no energy and any amplitude higher than the zero amplitude would have more energy.
Why do large amplitude waves carry more energy than small amplitude waves?
because it takes more energy to reach a larger amplitude.for example, if you turn up your radio, you're putting more energy (electricity) into it which increases the amplitude of the wave, thus making it louder
Would you keep the amplitude of simple pendulm small or large?
i think small amplitude is best because small amplitude gives perfect time period as well as to obey SHM.
Suppose a longitudinal wave has crowded compressions and loose rarefactions does it have a large or a small amplitude?
Small because it is in a tight spot which makes its size decrease
If a band is playing loudly will the amplitude of the sound waves be small or large?
The amplitude of the sound waves will be largerbecause the larger the amplitude the louderthe sound.
How are volume and amplitude related?
The higher the amplitude the higher the volume. bigger sound wave = louder noise.
How are frequency and amplitude related?
They're not. The same amplitude can have high or low frequency, and the same frequency can have large or small amplitude.
How do you receive small amplitude input from large amplitude source using clamper?
use a clamper and try not to use clipper..
What is the amplitude of ultraviolet waves?
Ultraviolet waves can have different amplitudes, from very small to very large. There is no specific amplitude that they always have.
Describe the difference between a compressional wave with a large amplitude and one with a small amplitude?
i big beef that has one big wave
