If you increase the amount of energy, how does the wave change? and what does this say about the movement of the electrons
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The energy transported by a wave is directly proportional to the square of the amplitude. So whatever change occurs in the amplitude, the square of that effect impacts the energy. This means that a doubling of the amplitude results in a quadrupling of the energy.
When the wavelength is increased, there is reduction in frequency. As a result, there is reduction in total energy of a wave. Frequency is directly proportional to energy. So, reduction in frequency gives rise to reduction in energy through the relation E=hv where v is frequency and E is total energy.
‘Wave’ is a common term for a number of different ways in which energy is transferred: In electromagnetic waves, energy is transferred through vibrations of electric and magnetic fields.
The amount of energy carried by a wave is related to the amplitude of the wave. A high energy wave is characterized by a high amplitude; a low energy wave is characterized by a low amplitude. As discussed earlier in Lesson 2, the amplitude of a wave refers to the maximum amount of displacement of a particle on the medium from its rest position.