Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Sound

Sound — practice question

The diagram illustrates compressions and rarefactions in air while a sound wave travels from left to right. A sound of the same frequency but lower loudness is produced. What change will occur in the number of particles in a rarefaction and in a compression?

  • Adecrease; decrease
  • Bdecrease; increase
  • Cincrease; decrease
  • Dincrease; increase

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