Question

Tara prepared a report to show how the amplitude of waves affects the energy of waves. Is her graphical representation correct? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

The graphic representation made by Tara is not correct.

Explanation:

As you can see in the image below, and as explained in the question above, Tara built a graph to show how wave amplitude affects wave energy. However the graph made by her is incorrect.

This is because the graph made by Tara shows that the energy of a wave decreases as the amplitude of that wave increases. This is not true. What really happens is that as the amplitude of a wave increases, the energy increases together, proportionally.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sample Response: No, it is not correct because as the amplitude of a wave increases, the energy it carries also increases. This graph shows that as the amplitude increases, the energy decreases.  

Explanation:

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