What happens when a mechanical wave travels through a medium?Analyzing Mechanical Waves and Energy. As a mechanical wave travels through a medium, its amplitude can decrease due to the wave being spread across more matter and energy being transformed into other forms. Select all statements that describe why a wave's amplitude might decrease as it moves through a medium.

The amplitude of a wave can be decreased because of the second law of thermodynamics and/or the differences of the propagation medium.

Explanation:

The wave is formed by a transference of kinetic energy between particles in a fluid state. Different medium has different inertia. When a shock wave travels through the water it has a different velocity when the same energy is dissipated as a wave in the air. The lower the inertia of the medium the bigger is the amplitude and vice-versa.

Another way that wave's amplitude might decrease as it moves through a medium is because of energy losses accordingly to the second law of thermodynamics. That means, when a part of a closed system interacts with another part, the energy tends to divide evenly, until the system reaches a thermodynamic balance.

a- multicellular

b-eukaryotic

c-no cell wall

d-heterotrophic

e-autotrophic

a researcher conducts an experiment on the secretion of a particular hormone in mice. scientists inject mice with a substance that stimulates the production of the hormone. the scientists then test the levels of hormones produced by the mice. the tool used to measure the hormones consistently detects the levels at 10 points lower than the actual hormone levels in the mice. this tool makes measurements, but the measurements aren't .

explanation:

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