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Wave Vocabulary
In this activity, you were able to send
energy from one end of the Slinky to the
other.You used chemical energy in your
muscles to create mechanical energy in your
arms that you then imparted to the Slinky.The
Slinky had energy. A card at the other end of
the Slinky would have moved once the wave
arrived there.The ability to move the card is an
indication that energy is present.The total
energy is transferred but it is always
conserved.
Of course, you could have used that same
mechanical energy in your arm to throw a ball
across the room.That would also have
transferred the energy from one side of the
room to the other. It would have also moved
the card.
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