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In Hertz's experiment the ______ of the electromagnetic waves is equal to the kinetic energy of the charges oscillating between the two spheres.

Asked in GSEB Board July 2017 · Sources: the accelerated charge and Hertz

Answer: (2) energy

Step-by-step solution

Idea: the sentence sets the blank equal to a kinetic energy, so whatever fills it must itself be an energy.

In Hertz's transmitter the charge sloshes back and forth between the two spheres. While it moves it carries kinetic energy, and an accelerating charge radiates.

Everything the wave carries away has to come from that oscillating charge, so the energy of the electromagnetic wave matches the kinetic energy of the charges.

So the blank is energy.

Why the other options are wrong

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