Sound Waves
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- Created on: 19-06-12 18:00
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- Sound travels as a wave.
- Sound waves are caused by vibrating objects.
- These vibrations are passed through a medium as a series of compressions (rarefaction/compression)
- Sound waves are a type of longitudinal wave
- Areas of compression have a short wavelength and high frequency, areas of rarefaction have a longer wavelength and a lower frequency.
- Usually, the denser the medium, the faster sound can travel through…
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