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A trough in a transverse wave corresponds to a in a longitudinal wave?

If you are looking for a true/false answer, it's false.


Is it true or false a vibrating object pushes the molecules together and causes an area of compression?

Yes it's true, but that doesn't last very long. It creates a compression of the molecules during exactly half of each vibe, and during the other half, it leans the other way, and the molecules spread out in what's called a "rarefaction" ... a region of lower-than-normal pressure. This 'train' of compressions and rarefactions is what travels through the air, away from the vibrating object, and it's what some people often call a "sound wave".


When waves travel through a medium they carry the medium with them is this true or false?

False. Waves do not carry the medium with them as they travel through it. Instead, they transfer energy through the medium without permanently displacing the particles of the medium.


Waves that require a medium through which to travel are called electromagnetic waves True or false?

False. Electromagnetic waves do not require a medium to travel; they can propagate through a vacuum.


Is it true or false that the greater the frequency of the wave in a particular medium the greater the speed of the medium.?

False. The speed of a wave in a medium is determined by the properties of the medium itself, such as its density and elasticity, rather than the frequency of the wave. The frequency of a wave only affects its wavelength and energy, not the speed of the medium.

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A trough in a transverse wave corresponds to a in a longitudinal wave?

If you are looking for a true/false answer, it's false.


Is it true or false a vibrating object pushes the molecules together and causes an area of compression?

Yes it's true, but that doesn't last very long. It creates a compression of the molecules during exactly half of each vibe, and during the other half, it leans the other way, and the molecules spread out in what's called a "rarefaction" ... a region of lower-than-normal pressure. This 'train' of compressions and rarefactions is what travels through the air, away from the vibrating object, and it's what some people often call a "sound wave".


When waves travel through a medium they carry the medium with them is this true or false?

False. Waves do not carry the medium with them as they travel through it. Instead, they transfer energy through the medium without permanently displacing the particles of the medium.


Are Phospholipids nonpolar molecules true or false?

False


Molecules And Atoms are the same thing True or False?

false


The Tahitians live in a region called polynesia true or false?

false!!!!!!


Do all waves need a medium to travel through true or false?

false


Waves that require a medium through which to travel are called electromagnetic waves True or false?

False. Electromagnetic waves do not require a medium to travel; they can propagate through a vacuum.


Is it true or false that the greater the frequency of the wave in a particular medium the greater the speed of the medium.?

False. The speed of a wave in a medium is determined by the properties of the medium itself, such as its density and elasticity, rather than the frequency of the wave. The frequency of a wave only affects its wavelength and energy, not the speed of the medium.


Is England is a mountainous region?

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Did sedentary people tended to pasture livestock from region to region?

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True or False When a solution is in equilibruim all movement of its molecules stops?

False. In equilibrium, the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are equal, but the molecules are still in constant motion due to thermal energy.