Mrs. Miller and her class were spending the day at an amusement park. Mrs. Miller pointed out that the first hill is always the tallest and that all the other hills after that are not as tall. She asked her students why they think this was the case. Her students stated that the roller coaster does not have enough energy for bigger hills. When Mrs. Miller asked, “ where does the energy go?” these were her students’ responses:

Although longitudinal waves can travel through all media types what is the disadvantage of this type of wave transmission? a) he efficiency of he wave transmission is greatly diminished as the media becomes less dense b) the oscillation of one set of particles has a huge impact on neighboring particles c) particles become too close together as they bump into each other making it more likely to hit other particles down the line