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  2. What type of energy travels in a compression wave? - Answers

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    A compression wave moving outward from its source produces areas of high pressure and density, leading to the compression of the medium it travels through. This creates regions where particles are ...

  3. What is the difference between compression wave and ... - Answers

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    Compression waves require a medium to travel through, such as air or water, and involve the vibration of the particles in the medium in the direction of the wave's propagation. Electromagnetic ...

  4. Drawing of a compression wave? - Answers

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    A compression wave is when the particles in a wave are close together and not spread out. 2. A compression wave is where the pressure in the waves is higher than atmospheric pressure in that ...

  5. What is a compression wave of gas liquid or solid that is ... -...

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    A compression wave is not matter, it is a transference of energy. Tags Physics Subjects. Animals & Plants Arts & Entertainment Auto Beauty & Health Books and ...

  6. The less dense region of a compression wave is called?

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    Rarefaction. rarefaction. rarefaction. Rarefaction. According to my textbook it says rarefaction, is the less dense region of a longitudinal wave. Air becomes more or less dense relative to its ...

  7. Is a water wave a compression wave? - Answers

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  8. How does one measure the wavelength of a longitudinal wave?

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    The measure from one compression to the next compression of a longitudinal wave is the wavelength. It represents the distance between two consecutive points in the wave that are in the same phase ...

  9. What wave has areas where particles are spread out? - Answers

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    A sound wave is a longitudinal wave that propagates through a medium by causing particles in the medium to vibrate back and forth in alternating areas of compression and rarefaction.

  10. What is a part of a compressional wave where the particles ... -...

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    A rarefaction., in contrast to a compression. The rarefaction is the part of a compressional wave where particles are far apart. This is the region of low pressure in the wave, where particles are ...

  11. Is the distance from one compression to the next compression ......

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    No, the distance between one compression and the next compression in a longitudinal wave is its wavelength, not its amplitude. The amplitude of a wave is the maximum displacement of a particle ...