When You Send a Wave Pulse Down a Rope or Slinky

question 20

Multiple Choice

When you send a wave pulse down a rope or Slinky, it eventually dies out. What has become of the energy?

• A) It was transformed into thermal energy.
• B) It was transformed into electromagnetic energy.
• C) It was transformed into Italian sausage.
• D) It was transformed into elastic energy.
• E) It vanished because energy is always lost in all physical processes.

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