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longitudinal waves spread apart as they go
No, farther apart.
Compression is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are crowded together. Rarefaction is the part where the particles are spread apart.
Compression is the areas where the particles are closer together. Rarefaction is the areas where the particles are stretched apart.
This question is misguided. It is not the sound waves which are apart, but the particles of the medium. A place where the particles are further apart is called a rarefaction. Where they are crowded together is called a compression.
longitudinal waves spread apart as they go
high sound particles are near, and low sound as far apart particles.
steam is a gas so the particles are far apart
The particles of a solid are close together and the particles of a liquid are slightly farther apart.
No, farther apart.
the particles get closer together because my class just talked about that stuff!!
Compression is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are crowded together. Rarefaction is the part where the particles are spread apart.
The measurement of how closely particles are packed together is usually by state of matter. Gasses are measured as have particles that are further apart than liquids or solids for example.
The state of matter depends on the closeness of the particles. Gases have particles that are very far apart and solids are close together. This is determined by the strength of attraction of these particles to one another.
far apart because heat always has more kinetic energy
Compression is the areas where the particles are closer together. Rarefaction is the areas where the particles are stretched apart.
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