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What is it called where the particles are farthest apart?
A rarefaction is a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are furthest apart. The region where the medium is compressed is known as a compression and the region where the medium is spread out is known as a rarefaction.
What is the gap between a wave called?
The distance between any two successive crests is known as the wavelength. It is the same as the distance between any two successive troughs. In fact, the distance between the same point on any two successive waves is the same distance as the wavelength.
What is the region of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart?
Rarefaction
Rarefaction- a region in a longitudinal (sound) wave where the particles are furthest apart. Wave motion and particles.
What is the distance between the particles in a longitudinal wave called?
wavelength
In a longitudinal wave, particles of matter vibrate back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels. The wavelength of a longitudinal wave can be measured as the distance between two adjacent compressions, as shown in the Figure below.
Do waves carry matter?
It is important to remember that all waves transfer energy but they do not transfer matter .
What are the 5 parts in a longitudinal wave?
As in the case of transverse waves the following properties can be defined for longitudinal waves: wavelength, amplitude, period, frequency and wave speed.
What are the 4 parts of a wave?
Wave Crest: The highest part of a wave. Wave Trough: The lowest part of a wave. Wave Height: The vertical distance between the wave trough and the wave crest. Wave Length: The distance between two consecutive wave crests or between two consecutive wave troughs.
What is the way matter moves in a longitudinal wave?
A longitudinal wave is a type of mechanical wave, or wave that travels through matter, called the medium. In a longitudinal wave, particles of the medium vibrate in a direction that is parallel to the direction that the wave travels. Places where particles of the medium spread farther apart are called rarefactions.
What are 2 examples of waves we can see?
How can we “see” other parts of the spectrum?
- Radio waves. Giant satellite-dish antennas pick up long-wavelength, high-frequency radio waves.
- Microwaves. Because cosmic microwaves can’t get through the whole of Earth’s atmosphere, we have to study them from space.
- Infrared.
- Visible light.
- Ultraviolet light.
- X rays.
- Gamma rays.
What is the period wave?
Wave Period: The time it takes for two successive crests (one wavelength) to pass a specified point. The wave period is often referenced in seconds, e.g. one wave every 6 seconds. Fetch: The uninterrupted area or distance over which the wind blows (in the same direction).
Are waves created by a vibration?
A wave is a disturbance that travels through a medium from one place to another. Waves are formed by the vibration of the object or substance that carries the wave. All waves are caused by some type of vibration. Vibrations cause a disturbance in the medium that becomes the source of the wave.