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In air,as you move along the wave the molecules go through a cycle where in one region they are closer together and then farther down there is another region where they are further apart. This cycle repeats. The Length of one of these cycles is the wavelength.
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What wave is made up of a series of compressions and rarefactions?
it is compressional wave. Compressional waves are a type of sound wave.
What parts make up a sound wave?
Compressional and rarefaction
In a compressional wave the denser the medium is at the compression the smaller its amplitude?
its larger, looked it up in my book
What is the distance from any one point on one wave to a corresponing point on an adjacent wave?
A wavelength. In a given wave, if we measure the distance from a peak to a peak, or a trough to a trough, or even from the beginning of one "up" or "down" cycle to the beginning of the next "up" or "down" cycle (respectively), we should get the same measurement (the wavelength) for that wave with every measuring event.
Why is it not possible to increase the wavelength and frequency at the same time?
Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.
What makes up a frequency in a compressional wave?
Think about it.
What wave is made up of a series of compressions and rarefactions?
it is compressional wave. Compressional waves are a type of sound wave.
What parts make up a sound wave?
Compressional and rarefaction
In a compressional wave the denser the medium is at the compression the smaller its amplitude?
its larger, looked it up in my book
What happens to the frequency when the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave goes up?
As wavelength goes up, the frequency comes down.
What happens if the frequenCy of wave and its length increase?
That is impossible. Speed of wave c = frequency f times wavelength λ. To have a constant speed, the frequency goes up and the wavelength goes down or the frequency goes down and the wavelength goes up.
What is the distance from any one point on one wave to a corresponing point on an adjacent wave?
A wavelength. In a given wave, if we measure the distance from a peak to a peak, or a trough to a trough, or even from the beginning of one "up" or "down" cycle to the beginning of the next "up" or "down" cycle (respectively), we should get the same measurement (the wavelength) for that wave with every measuring event.
What happens to wavelength if the frequencyis increased?
As the frequency goes up, the wavelength decreases. Their product is always the same number . . . the wave's speed.
What happens to the frequency of a wave when the wavelength is decrased and the wavelength is increased?
When the wavelength (λ) increases, the frequency (v) decreases. When the λ goes down, the v goes up.
How does the wavelength of a wave change when the wave slows down but its frequency doesn't?
Wavelength and frequency are locked together in an inverse proportionality. If the frequency of a wave is constant, the wavelength of the wave will be constant. Increase one and the other decreases. Decrease one and the other increases. That said, let's look at the dynamics of a tsunami, which may be the general direction in which this was heading. In a tsunami, the wave moves very quickly in the open ocean, and it has a long wavelength. As it closes on shore, the leading edge of the wave slows down as the sea bottom "rises up" to meet the wave. As the leading edge of the wave continues to slow down, the "rest of the wave" begins to "catch up" with the wave front. This causes the wave to build; its height will increase. The actual wavelength is decreasing (and its frequency will be increasing), and the wave continues to slow down. Higher and higher it will build, and then it will break on the shore and carry inland.
How the wavelength of a wave changes when the wave slows down but it's frequency doesn't change?
Wavelength and frequency are locked together in an inverse proportionality. If the frequency of a wave is constant, the wavelength of the wave will be constant. Increase one and the other decreases. Decrease one and the other increases. That said, let's look at the dynamics of a tsunami, which may be the general direction in which this was heading. In a tsunami, the wave moves very quickly in the open ocean, and it has a long wavelength. As it closes on shore, the leading edge of the wave slows down as the sea bottom "rises up" to meet the wave. As the leading edge of the wave continues to slow down, the "rest of the wave" begins to "catch up" with the wave front. This causes the wave to build; its height will increase. The actual wavelength is decreasing (and its frequency will be increasing), and the wave continues to slow down. Higher and higher it will build, and then it will break on the shore and carry inland.
Why is it not possible to increase the wavelength and frequency at the same time?
Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.Wavelength times frequency equals speed (of the wave). Therefore, unless you also change the speed, if wavelength goes up, frequency goes down, and vice versa.
