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Wave On a Pond
Drop a rock into the middle of a pond and this action takes place.
Hitting the water that is non-compressible the water comes up the sides of the rock and is pushed away in all directions. It creates a circular wave that is moving up and down,and the circle gets bigger and bigger as it moves towards the shore. Bigger makes the wave lose energy,much like big light waves(radio) have far less energy as gamma rays. The pond wave comes to shore as a tiny ripple,and rubbing against the sandy shore bottom its energy is converted to heat. The pond wave obeys the square law,and reality is no matter how big the pond is the wave will never lose all its energy. It will reach the shore. Like a light wave can go to infinity Bert |
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