GIVING OUT BRAINLIEST Which statement describes the energy that a longitudinal wave carries as its amplitude decreases?
It increases and is perpendicular to the motion of the wave.
It decreases and is perpendicular to the motion of the wave.
It increases and is parallel to the motion of the wave.
It decreases and is parallel to the motion of the wave.

it increases and is perpendicular to the motion of the wave.

since the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, as we move to the left on the periodic table, the electrostatic pull between the nucleus and the valence electron shell decreases. as we move down a group (vertical column), the valence shell energy level gets further and further from the nucleus.