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Section One:
1. Vibrating particles of some sort.
2. Work is done by the particles moving a distance against a force.
3. Energy. The particles didn’t move from partner to partner, the rope didn’t move across the room, the energy from one person moved in the form of a wave across the room.
4. Frequency is how many times something vibrates in a second. Something that is vibrating quickly is said to have a high frequency, something that is vibrating slowly is said to have a low frequency.
5. A Hertz is a measure of frequency. One Hertz is one vibration per second.
6. One half a time. The swing would swing forward or backward in one second. It would not go back and forth.
7. The yo-yo’s Hertz would be one. One vibration (up and down) per second would be 10 vibrations in 10 seconds.
8. 2 Hz. 2 vibrations per second.
Section Two:
1. Energy moves by waves.
2. False; particles only vibrate, they do not move along the wave.
3. Particles are being moved against a force. Work is being done on them and they are doing work on other particles.
4. Transverse and longitudinal.
5. Longitudinal.
6. Transverse.
7. Wavelength is the distance between two like parts of the wave.
8. Amplitude is the height of the wave.
9. “A” has the longer wavelength.
10. “B” has a larger amplitude.
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