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Is rarefaction a high pressure area of tightly packed molecules?
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∙ 13y ago
No. A rarefaction is the region of a sound wave where the particles are spread out rather than close together. The closer together regions are compressions. These terms are used about waves in air, not weather systems.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 13y agoRarefaction is a low pressure area, consisting of less molecules, and therefore has less density. Think "the molecules are rare in this area". The opposite of rarefaction is "compression."
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What is a low pressure area of loosely packed molecules?
Compression
A measure of how tightly matter is packed?
volume
What does compactation?
compressed, or in normal terms, tightly packed
Why is the inner core solid despite its enormously high temperatures?
It's because of the pressure from the layers above causes the particles of iron and nickel to be tightly packed.
What are fine grained particles tightly packed by wind called?
Loess
What is the high pressure area of tightly packed molecules?
Rarefaction
Molecules are packed more tightly in?
density
What is how tightly packed a substances molecules are?
what is the measure if how tightly matter is packed into a givin volume of a substance
What is composed of tightly packed molecules?
Solids, usually.
What element are present in solid liquid and gas state?
in solids molecules are tightly packed in liquid molecules are not so tightly packed whereas in gas they are free to move
Does a solid have weak bonds between molecules?
No the molecules are all packed altogether tightly
Which part of sound wave has molecules that are not tightly packed together?
rarefraction
What type of matter are molecules packed most tightly together?
sequence together.
What is solids molecules?
Tightly packed, vibrating in place, has a definite shape and volume.
Which state of matter are atoms most tightly packed?
Solid !
What does it mean that rock has a high density?
It means that the molecules are packed together very tightly.
Which part of sound wave has molecules that are tightly packed together?
it is called the compression
