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Everywhere. Sound is a series of longitudinally compresson and rarefraction volumes of (air).
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What are molecules in the compression part of a sound wave?
Sound waves that are compressed are made of (air) molecules that are more densely concentrated - that is (ie) more molecules are packed into the space of the compressed wave than there are in the (same) space of the surrounding expanded waves.
Sound travels as which type of wave?
sound waves travel as longitudinal waves, that is the movement of the wave is in the direction of travel. sound is made by vibrations, therefore sound waves create areas of stretched apart air (rarefactions) and compressed air (compressions) which are areas of low and high pressure respectively.
How does the air particles vibrate and make a sound wave?
well...the particles in the air start to go up and down so a sound wave starts to form,then that sound wave travels in to peoples ears etchope this answer was useful :)
When the temperature of the air is 25 degrees the velocity of a sound wave traveling through the air is?
when the temperature of the air is 25 degrees Celsius, the velocity of a sound wave traveling through the air is approx.
A sound wave will travel most quickly in what?
A sound wave can travel mor quickly in water than in air
What if the molecules from a sound wave are compressed?
Nothing. That IS how a sound wave is propagated.
What are molecules in the compression part of a sound wave?
Sound waves that are compressed are made of (air) molecules that are more densely concentrated - that is (ie) more molecules are packed into the space of the compressed wave than there are in the (same) space of the surrounding expanded waves.
How does sound travel through jello?
Sound is a compressed vibration of the medium it travels through. In typical circumstances, this is air. When a sound wave travelling through air hits a bowl of jello, the wave slows down as it is a denser medium. Otherwise, it acts in completely the same manner.
How do air molecules move when a basketball hits a gym surface?
As regards the ones on thie inside, the air atoms and molecules (yes, there are both 'cause air is a mixture of gases) are compressed on the inside of the ball. They are compressed in the area adjacent to the surface that is being compressed, and the compression wave travels across the inside of the ball to the other side and rebounds. Yes, a wave will result from the compression of one side of the ball. And that compression wave moves really fast in there. Like about the speed of sound.
What waves consists of compressed and ratified regions of particles that are colliding with one another?
A longitudinal wave such as a sound wave.
What are sound waves made of?
Compressed and rarefied air.
What makes the loud lighting sound?
The noise coming from a lightning is created when the speed of sound is broken.The heat from the electricity raises the temperature of the surrounding air extremely. Since the lightning is so fast, the air has no time to expand.The heated air is compressed and soon the air explodes forming a shock wave. Like an explosion, the rapidly expanding waves of compressed air create a loud burst of noise.
Sound travels as which type of wave?
sound waves travel as longitudinal waves, that is the movement of the wave is in the direction of travel. sound is made by vibrations, therefore sound waves create areas of stretched apart air (rarefactions) and compressed air (compressions) which are areas of low and high pressure respectively.
What is sound energie?
That refers to the energy transported by a sound wave. This can be described as that part of the kinetic energy of the particles, or alternately pressure differences, that is transmitted as a sound.
What type of energy transfer travels in the form of a wave?
compressed air waves
Why sound waves are longitudinal waves?
If the particles of the medium vibrate in the direction of propagation of wave, as in sound waves that's why sound waves are called longitudinal waves.
When a sound wave moves past a point in air what happens to the density of air at this point?
The density of air increases and then decreases as the sound wave passes.
