Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Sound

Sound — practice question

A sound wave moves through air as alternating compressions and rarefactions. Which row correctly compares the air pressure in a compression and the air pressure in a rarefaction with the air pressure in a nearby region where no sound wave is present?

  • Acompression: higher; rarefaction: higher
  • Bcompression: higher; rarefaction: lower
  • Ccompression: lower; rarefaction: higher
  • Dcompression: lower; rarefaction: lower

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